As long as you, your partner or your parent have been registered at some point as a pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council or (as the regulator was formerly called) the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain you are eligible to apply for support. You are also eligible if you are a preregistration trainee or an undergraduate pharmacy student. Our applicants include:-

• pharmacists
• former pharmacists
• undergraduate pharmacy students
• preregistration trainees 
• widows or widowers of pharmacists
• any member of a pharmacist’s family who is dependent on a pharmacist for financial support.

Listening Friends, the Health Support Programme, Information and Enquiry line and Specialist Advice Services are automatically made available to any pharmacist and their dependants, former pharmacist, pharmacy student or pre-registration trainee.

Applications for financial assistance are reviewed on a case-by-case basis, eligibility being assessed based on the level of income against the level of outgoings. Therefore, your income need not be exceptionally low to apply, and you may still be eligible if you have savings. As a rule, most people who receive means-tested benefits, including pension credit, are automatically eligible for consideration.

We will try our best to support all grant applicants, but recognise that Pharmacist Support may not be able to provide financial assistance in every case.

How to apply