Boots appoints mobile phone chain boss as new managing director The chief executive of Britain’s biggest specialist mobile phone and electrical goods retailer has been named as the new boss of high street pharmacist Boots…
Ballot of Boots pharmacists on future union representation now ‘inevitable’, says BPA Only uncertainty now is the timing of when the ballot will be held.…
GPhC defends policy on staffing levels following BBC documentary The General Pharmaceutical Council says its refusal to set safe staffing levels in pharmacies is appropriate…
RPS says it will work to improve patient care ahead of allegations in BBC exposé of Boots pharmacy The Royal Pharmaceutical Society is “ready and willing to help improve dialogue between employers and employees” to ensure high-quality patient care.…
Deadline for Boots secret ballot passes with no agreement The deadline has passed for a secret ballot of Boots pharmacists to be triggered on whether to de-recognise the Boots Pharmacists’ Association…
2017: Pharmacy’s roller-coaster year It has been an unsettling 12 months for pharmacy and as 2017 draws to a close there are still a number of unresolved issues hanging over the New Year.…
CAC publishes full decision on BPA de-recognition case The Central Arbitration Committee has published its full decision on why it supported the Pharmacists Defence Association Union’s application to derecognise the Boots Pharmacists Association…
Pharmacy profession welcomes dispensing error decriminalisation legislation Pharmacy leaders have welcomed new legislation that will protect community pharmacists from prosecution over dispensing errors.…
PDAU moves a step closer to representing Boots pharmacists The Central Arbitration Committee has accepted a legal application from Boots pharmacists to dissolve the agreement between Boots and the non-independent trade union, Boots Pharmacists’ Association.…
Decriminalisation legislation laid before Parliament Draft legislation, which provides a legal defence for community pharmacists who make a dispensing error, has been laid before Parliament.…