PDAU asks Boots to set up pay equality checks The Pharmacists’ Defence Association Union has asked Boots to set up working parties to “equality check” its pay system as part of the first set of terms and conditions negotiations between the union and Boots.…
Boots and PDA Union sign their first voluntary recognition agreement The Pharmacists’ Defence Association Union has signed its first voluntary recognition agreement with Boots…
Pharmacists advised to check legal status of CBD products before supply or risk indemnity breach Pharmacists selling or supplying cannabis-based products for medicinal use or cannabidiol-containing products must check the status of the product or risk not being protected by indemnity insurance, the National Pharmacy Association has warned.…
NPA chair who stepped aside during CMA investigation leaves association’s board The former chair of the National Pharmacy Association (NPA), who stepped aside during a competition law investigation into a company that lists him as a director, is to leave the NPA board.…
Malcolm Harrison: ‘Expect considerable pressure from staff shortages in the next 18 months’ Malcolm Harrison, lobbyist for the UK’s largest pharmacy chains, talks apprenticeships, branch closures and the digital challenge for pharmacy.…
Better price concession system among NPA demands for community pharmacy contract negotiations The National Pharmacy Association has outlined a list of eight demands for the next community pharmacy contract in a letter sent to the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee.…
Community pharmacy model needs updating, CCA chief says Community pharmacy needs a more agile legislative and regulatory framework, chief executive of the Company Chemists’ Association has said.…
NPA chair steps aside during competition law investigation Nitin Sodha has stepped aside as chair of the National Pharmacy Association amid investigations by the Competition and Markets Authority relating to allegations of “illegal market sharing” against a drug company that lists Sodha as a director.…
Financial pressures make it ‘difficult’ to maintain a safe service, NPA survey says The vast majority of respondents to a National Pharmacy Association member survey said that current financial pressures were making it “more difficult for pharmacies to maintain a safe service to patients”.…
Emergency contraception services should be commissioned nationally as part of community pharmacy contract, CCA says The Company Chemists’ Association has called on NHS England and other healthcare bodies to establish a single national pharmacy specification for emergency hormonal contraception services to be used by all healthcare commissioners in England.…
