BAME

A tribunal has ordered Boots alone to pay a pharmacist some £15,000 after finding he was wrongfully dismissed and stereotyped “as an aggressive black man” at work. 

The regulator has called on pharmacy owners to “urgently consider” measures to keep staff “safe at work” amid far-right rioting.

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) has said that the regulator has “failed” black students in its response to a GPhC pharmacy education consultation.   

“Cultural differences” should now be considered in more detail by FtP committees after a GPhC vote on new guidance, the regulator has said.

A tribunal has upheld claims of “harassment related to race” brought forward by a Boots pharmacist and found that the multiple’s “grossly inadequate” investigation resulted in his unfair dismissal.

This Black History Month, Nonyelum Anigbo discusses the prevalence of sickle cell disease among Black patients, and the role of community pharmacy in supporting them

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has found that white pharmacists were under-represented in Fitness-to-Practise (FtP) concerns it received in 2021/22. 

The chair of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) in England has urged pharmacy teams to take action “now” after the publication of the “first-ever” Pharmacy Workforce Race Equality Standard report.  

Ola Padonu has been hailed for the tenacity she showed during her training year, helping her clinch a C+D Award