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The US DOJ has filed a lawsuit against CVS alleging its “actions helped to fuel the opioid crisis” as it “prioritized corporate profits over patient safety”.
Asda will “endeavour to retain as many pharmacists as possible” while it implements a “new model” – but is no longer offering £1,000 one-time payments to sweeten the deal, C+D has learned.
The PDA has released a statement in response to Superdrug management’s communication with pharmacists, which the body said was “ill informed” and in need of “correction”.
Boots parent company Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) has remained taciturn amid fresh rumours that it is in talks to “sell itself” to a private equity firm in the new year.
The CCA has said there is an “urgent need to scale up” hypertension screening services in pharmacies despite GP leaders voting for these services to be “terminated with immediate effect”.
The inquest of a 22-year-old patient who received his prescription twice due to a “prescribing error” has raised concerns over Pharmacy2U’s “swift dispatch of medication”.
The PDA has confirmed that a “formal ballot” will take place to secure union recognition at Superdrug – with the vote forecasted to be concluded “by the spring” – after the chain said it is “not willing to recognise the PDA voluntarily”.
The Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) is preparing to support some 80 former Sainsbury’s pharmacists who only received statutory redundancy payments after Lloydspharmacy made them redundant in a four-day employment tribunal.
Day Lewis has announced the launch of a “joint venture scheme” allowing pharmacist managers to become co-owners of their pharmacy.
Boots has signed a letter to the Chancellor stating that the “sheer scale of new costs” introduced by the budget – including a rise in employer national insurance contributions (NICs) and the national living wage – will “make job losses inevitable”.
Boots has launched a private respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccination service in 75 stores across the UK for those who aren’t eligible for a free NHS vaccination.
The PDA has taken the next step in securing union recognition at Superdrug after the company agreed to its proposed bargaining unit, despite previous reservations.
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.
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.
“The uncertain future of pharmacy funding” has contributed to the company’s multi-million-pound loss, its annual report has said.
A Jhoots Pharmacy branch has been issued a second bailiff notice after it moved from an ex-Lloydspharmacy to a premise previously own by Boots.
The Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA) has urged Boots pharmacists to submit internal complaints by the start of December so that they are “covered” by any “legally binding final decision” by the ombudsman on pension benefits.
The multiple has “immediately corrected” an advertised locum rate of just £11 an hour, after pharmacists on social media warned that low rates would see pharmacists “coming to a foodbank near you soon”.