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In full - NPA chief exec stands down to join NMC in January

 
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The National Pharmacy Association’s (NPA) chief executive will step down from the organisation and move to the nurses’ regulator in the new year, it has announced.

Pharmacy minister gets flu jab on ‘first visit’ to community pharmacy

 
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Stephen Kinnock has visited a community pharmacy for the “first” time since his appointment as pharmacy minister in July to “better understand the challenges” facing the sector.

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Indie pharmacy to appeal order to pay employee £1.7k in ‘unpaid pay’

 
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An employment judge has found that a pharmacy must pay an employee unpaid pay, holiday pay and notice pay – but the pharmacy plans to appeal, C+D has learned.


‘Prepared to protest’: CPE and NPA considering GP-style collective action

 
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Pharmacy leaders have revealed that “work to rule” collective action is on the cards for pharmacy if the sector doesn’t get the “right answer” on government funding. 

Profitable Day Lewis sees sales top half a billion pounds

 
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The UK’s “second largest independent pharmacy chain” delivered profits of £8m in 2023 as sales topped £500m

NPA to deliver #saveourpharmacies petition to new PM Keir Starmer

 
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The pharmacy body will deliver its 300,000-signature-strong petition to the Prime Minister and health Secretary on of the second “day of action” next month.


Suspected arson and electrical fire: Two pharmacies hit by blaze on same day

 
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In less than 24 hours, two UK pharmacies have been damaged by fires – one by a suspected electrical fault and the other “started deliberately”, staff have been “led to believe”. 

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Contractor Special Podcast: Training, time, and pharmacy technicians

 

"I'm really, really, scared. I don't want to give the wrong information and I don't want to give the wrong product. And I don't know if I'm ever going to know enough to do it."

IPA joins forces with primary care orgs to demand health sec meeting

 
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The IPA has joined forces with three other primary care organisations to write to Wes Streeting requesting a meeting over the future of primary care.


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Pharmacies to sound alarms in unison in September protest

 

Pharmacies across the UK are set to sound an alarm or ring a bell in a coordinated protest action on September 19, the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has revealed to C+D.

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#SaveOurPharmacies: NPA announces second protest on September 19

 

The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has told pharmacies to “save the date” for a second day of protest action to be held on September 19.

‘Save Our Pharmacies’ protest: as it happened

 
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Community pharmacists around England took part in the National Pharmacy Association’s (NPA) “day of action” by dimming their lights, wearing black, and spreading their message across the UK...


#SaveOurPharmacies petition tops 100k as two-thirds slash opening hours

 

The cross-sector #SaveOurPharmacies petition has garnered more than 100,000 signatures as pharmacies across the UK take part in an “unprecedented” day of action today.

NPA lauds Labour plan to reform high street pharmacy business rates

 
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The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has come out in support of Labour’s promise to “move some of the business rates burden away” from high street pharmacies.

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Big Interview NPA Paul Rees: 'Completely wrong, completely immoral, and having an immense impact on contractors'

 

Paul Rees has been in charge at the NPA for just under six months. “Very busy, but a lot of fun” he says. But that’s where the fun stops. Who is to blame for the pharmacy funding fiasco? What’s the plan for the protest? And who does he plan to vote for?


Pharmacy lights out protest: PDA warns against ‘dire consequences’

 
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Pharmacy contractors “must not” adjust pharmacists’ pay or “pressure” them into taking part in protest action on June 20, the pharmacy union has said.  

IPA delivers ‘prescription’ to save the sector to Number 10

 
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The independent pharmacy group spoke to MPs including Priti Patel before taking its demands to Downing Street.  

Xrayser: Unity is vital. Is now the time for the IPA to go up against the NPA?

 
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This month, Xrayser talks about how the importance of unity in dealing with the government, and ahead of the much-deserved upcoming awards season.