Employment

Employment

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Employment,

Community pharmacist numbers down 10% despite sector workforce growth

Concerns raised around apparent drop in headcount number of community pharmacists

20 May 2026

Employment,

PDA: Just half of pharmacists have a three-month savings buffer

PDA says survey findings point to financial precarity and weak career progression

18 May 2026

Employment,

Trade union’s pharmacy recognition bid fails after just three votes counted

GMB Scotland fails in bid to bargain for workers at two branches of Lindsay & Gilmour

01 Apr 2026

Employment,

Smashed shelves and racist remarks: Is abuse toward pharmacy staff taken seriously?

Abuse and intimidation are commonplace for many pharmacies, CPE survey finds

26 Mar 2026

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Pharmacy chain to appeal ‘disappointing’ employment tribunal decision

'We respectfully disagree with the judgment,' owners say after finding of age-related harassment

23 Mar 2026

Employment,

Procedural setback for HMRC in Rowlands Pharmacy £16m locum tax dispute

Judge scraps tribunal's 2024 decision that required chain to put forward more locum witnesses

20 Mar 2026

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Employment,

Pharmacy worker wins £2k in age-related harassment tribunal

Tribunal awards £2k in relation to 'comments made by a pharmacist'

19 Mar 2026

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Employment,

Superdrug pharmacists get 3% pay rise in first union agreement

NQ salary to remain at £50k from April - but other pay bandings to rise

18 Mar 2026

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Security guard wins harassment case after pharmacist sends ‘offensive’ GIF

Former security guard's allegation of harassment related to sex upheld

16 Feb 2026

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PDA and Superdrug enter into trade union agreement

Announcement follows February poll of Superdrug employee pharmacists

19 Dec 2025

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Employment,

Inverness still best-paid city for locums as rates in England plummet

Average hourly rates tumble everywhere except Northern Ireland.

07 Oct 2025

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Employment,

Boots to recruit 6,000 seasonal workers for Christmas push

Chain announces major employment drive ahead of festive season

06 Oct 2025

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Employment,

Locum agency considered legal action against Allcures over alleged late booking payments

Team Locum operations manager Mark Blackburn said Allcures owe it £312 in fees. Allcures director Kirandeep Cheema said he is looking into the claim.

02 Jul 2025

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Employment,

Pharmacist FTEs up 5pc while locums down 12pc says latest workforce survey

The number of pharmacists working in community pharmacies in England increased by 5 per cent in 2024 to 28,763, according the 2024 Community Pharmacy Workforce Survey.

01 Jul 2025

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Employment,

Streeting touts £5m scheme to help school leavers work as pharmacy assistants

Unpaid carers, prison leavers and other groups will be helped to join the health workforce

27 Jun 2025

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Employment,

NHS pharmacist wins four-figure sum from employment tribunal

Case 'sets a precedent of practical value' says PDA who supported pharmacist

23 Jun 2025

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