Boots

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.

Some 96% of voting Boots Pharmacists’ Association (BPA) members have voted in favour of a merger with the Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA).

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”.

From today, Boots Pharmacists' Association (BPA) members will have three weeks to vote on plans to merge the union with the Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA), C+D has learned.

The multiple's parent company has revealed some 1,200 “future expected store closures” amid a 10% year-on-year pharmacy sales growth from Boots UK.

“Hundreds” of Boots Pharmacists' Association (BPA) members will be balloted on plans to merge the union with the Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA), C+D has learned.

Boots pharmacists can expect a 4% uplift in pay, while pharmacist store managers and long-time pharmacist workers will see new minimum pay rates, the PDA has announced.

Two Walgreens whistleblowers will receive multimillion-dollar rewards for alerting the US government to the pharmacy chain’s “false” prescription claims, the US justice department has revealed.