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How can pharmacy raise pay rates?
There’s no doubt wages for pharmacists have become dismal – to the point where many are considering leaving the profession But what can be done about it? AJP ran a …
Poll: How can pharmacy raise wages?
Wages for pharmacists are a source of significant tension in the industry – but what would be the best way to improve them? One of the strongest themes emerging from …
Tesco feeling the heat of locum boycott, says One Voice
The locum boycott of UK supermarket pharmacy Tesco is getting a lot of support – to the point where there may be an unofficial raising of pay The boycott was …
‘There will be a mass exodus of bright young pharmacists’
Across the country pharmacists are doing it tough, with low (and dropping) wages a key theme emerging in submissions to the King Review At PSA16, Lance Emerson announced that, “Pharmacist …
Andrew Morgan is SA Pharmacy Assistant of the Year
Andrew Morgan from McLaren Vale Chemmart is the South Australian winner in the Pharmacy Assistant of the Year award Having worked off and on in pharmacy for more than 17 …
World news wrapup: 1 September 2016
We take a look at the week in pharmacy news around the world US: Following controversy over the skyrocketing price in the US of Mylan’s EpiPen, the company has stated …
Pharmacist pay: what you said
AJP’s comments boards have been running hot this week, as the issue of employee pharmacist pay came to the fore First, we reported on the Fair Work Commission’s looming decision …
Pay needs to go up 30%, plus better recognition
The pharmacists’ union has today welcomed the Pharmacy Guild’s support for a coherent pharmacy workforce strategy. “David Quilty’s recent statement to pharmacy owners outlining concern about low pay is a …
Pay doesn’t reflect qualifications, social benefit: Quilty
Pharmacist pay may not adequately reflect the value of pharmacists’ work nor the education required to practice, says Guild executive director David Quilty In this week’s edition of Forefront, Quilty …
UK locums to boycott supermarket giant after pay cut
UK pharmacy locums are set to boycott Tesco next month after news earlier this year that the supermarket giant would slash its hourly locum rate. One Voice Pharmacy, which says …
Pharmacy gender pay gap widens
The pay gap between male and female pharmacists in the UK has more than doubled in only a year, Chemist + Druggist reports. The results of its C+D Salary Survey …
World news wrapup: 30 June 2016
AJP takes a look at the world’s week in pharmacy The US Supreme Court has turned away an appeal by a family-owned pharmacy which objected to supplying emergency contraception on …