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Amid widespread disputes over NHS pay and conditions and a vote by nurses to take strike action, C+D has asked pharmacy bodies for their view on how community pharmacy teams and demand for services could be affected
Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) union are set to stage their first national strike across all four UK nations – for the first time in the body's 106-year history – after a ballot saw most NHS Trusts in England reach the 50% turnout threshold needed for strike action.
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‘Vote no’ campaigner Martin Astbury tells C+D why he believes the RPS plans for change represent a shift away from pharmacist leadership and why members should vote against them this week…
I also read comments that CPE does not appreciate this critical position, and I fundamentally refute that. Knowing the colleagues, both elected and employed, at CPE as I do, this is far from the case.
Community pharmacy is risk adverse, considered, and dare I say it, conservative. But, when it comes to the survival of pharmacy, we can’t afford to let the fear of change – or those resistant to it - hold us back.
8Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has “entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired” by private equity firm Sycamore Partners.
2Jhoots Chemist’s accounts for 2024 have revealed an almost £2 million year-on-year dip in shareholder funds – as debts to creditors increase more than £2m.
