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Pharmacy workers across the Netherlands are taking part in a national strike calling for “higher wages” and a “reduction in work pressure”.
The pharmacy chain has taken over the running of four London hospital pharmacies from Lloydspharmacy, a hospital trust has announced.
Some 96% of voting Boots Pharmacists’ Association (BPA) members have voted in favour of a merger with the Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA).
The supermarket chain has revealed significant cuts to head office roles and new office working requirements amid “challenging” market conditions.
NHS England (NHSE) has relaunched its national Pharmacy First marketing campaign today, which includes “minor revisions” to the original material published earlier this year.
Tesco has announced the launch of a new “dedicated health zone” to expand its pharmacy services such as weight management and provide customers with “easy and convenient” healthcare while they shop.
Two teenagers have appeared in court after subjecting a pharmacy to “terrible vandalism”, as an MP has warned that it is part of a criminal “pattern”.
The Northern Irish pharmacy regulator has revealed proposals for a fee rise, having made a pre-tax loss of almost £200,000.
Northern Irish pharmacies are set to offer a sore throat service from next month as part of a “winter preparedness plan” following a successful pilot, the government has announced.
MPs have urged the government to “go back to the drawing board” and “invest” in community pharmacies as concerns grow about the upcoming hike in employer National Insurance Contributions.
Pharmacies and GPs will not receive additional funding to help with the burden of increased employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs), which was announced last week (October 30) in the chancellor’s first Budget, C+D understands.
A Northern Irish pharmacy chain has called some of its patients up to seven times to give them advance warning of the introduction of prescription delivery fees.
The Covid inquiry chair has apologised for pharmacies not getting the “recognition” they deserve for their “superb work” during the pandemic, while the NPA chair called for pharmacies to be seen as a “genuine part of the NHS family”.
A “vindictive” pharmacist has been suspended for a year after he “squeezed” his colleague’s bottom and sent her “crazy” WhatsApp messages.
A pill press manufacturer and drug supplier known as ‘Machine Guy’ has been jailed for 13 years after an NCA investigation found he was providing criminals with equipment and ingredients to create thousands of “potentially fatal drugs”.
Labour MP Sadik Al-Hassan has voiced concerns about the “decline of community pharmacies” in his first parliamentary speech.
An increase in employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) and minimum wages will cost the community pharmacy sector more than £125 million, a new IPA analysis has found.
The British Medical Association (BMA) has stressed that the budget will have a “devastating impact” on the health sector, “but none more so than NHS GP services”.