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Overwhelming ballot result shows how out of touch Boots senior management are from their pharmacists.
Mon 11th March 2019
The result of the historic ballot was 3,229 votes (92.4%) in favour of the trade union, with only 266 votes (7.6%) supporting the senior management proposal. This also meant that 47.5% of those eligible to vote supported the union, which surpassed the 40% threshold required for the union to succeed.
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How a structured career framework could develop the roles of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in community pharmacy
Wed 6th March 2019
The PDA's Pharmacy Technicians Report makes a large number of recommendations and outlines how skill mix in community pharmacy could be approached.
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How the roles of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in community pharmacy could be developed
Mon 4th March 2019
The PDA's Pharmacy Technicians Report makes a large number of recommendations and outlines how skill mix in community pharmacy should be approached.
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Boots Ballot: Time is running out, but there is still time to vote
Fri 1st March 2019
The countdown clock on the PDA website shows there are now less than ten days remaining for completed ballot papers to be received by Kanto Elect, the company managing the process, but PDAU still say that there is time to vote.
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Lloyds Pharmacy Ltd: Unfair dismissal
Thu 28th February 2019
The claimant sent a claim form to the Tribunal complaining of unfair dismissal. In the response the respondent raised a preliminary issue that the Tribunal had no jurisdiction to hear the claim as it was presented out of time in terms of section 111 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (the ERA). The case was listed for a preliminary hearing to determine the issue of time bar.
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Boots Ballot: Final ballot communications sent to stores
Tue 26th February 2019
The final set of communications to be sent to Boots stores has now been issued by both the PDAU and the company management. PDAU are encouraging all eligible boots pharmacists and pre-registration pharmacists to read the printed materials, make up their own mind about the ballot and vote ASAP.
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PDA release seventh chapter of Pharmacy Technicians Report
Mon 25th February 2019
It is dangerous to simply apply the performance of pharmacy technicians’ roles in the hospital setting today, to the plans for skill mix in the community pharmacy setting - according to Chapter 7 of the PDA's Pharmacy Technicians Report.
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Boots Pharmacists: Make sure you return your completed ballot paper
Mon 25th February 2019
Pharmacists who have completed their ballot paper are reminded to make sure they post their return envelope to KANTO ELECT as soon as possible.
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Boots pharmacists & trainee pharmacists (called pre-reg until end of summer 2021): Urgent Action required if you haven’t received your ballot papers
Fri 22nd February 2019
Eligible pharmacists who have not yet received a ballot paper should request theirs today in order that there is still time for it to reach them, to complete it and for the completed paper to reach Kanto in time to be counted.
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Health Campaigns Together endorse Safer Pharmacies Charter
Wed 20th February 2019
Health Campaigns Together have become the latest organisation to endorse the PDA's Safer Pharmacies Charter.