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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.
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.
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.
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.
The UK’s “second largest independent pharmacy chain” delivered profits of £8m in 2023 as sales topped £500m
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.
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”.
"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."
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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 contractors “must not” adjust pharmacists’ pay or “pressure” them into taking part in protest action on June 20, the pharmacy union has said.
The independent pharmacy group spoke to MPs including Priti Patel before taking its demands to Downing Street.
This month, Xrayser talks about how the importance of unity in dealing with the government, and ahead of the much-deserved upcoming awards season.