Supermarkets

Lloydspharmacy: 80 ex-Sainsbury’s pharmacists head to employment tribunal

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) is preparing to support some 80 former Sainsbury’s pharmacists who only received statutory redundancy payments after Lloydspharmacy made them redundant in a four-day employment tribunal.

Asda makes 475 staff redundant amid return-to-office mandate

The supermarket chain has revealed significant cuts to head office roles and new office working requirements amid “challenging” market conditions.

Tesco launches ‘health zone’ pilot to expand pharmacy services

Tesco has announced the launch of a new “dedicated health zone” to expand its pharmacy services such as weight management and provide customers with “easy and convenient” healthcare while they shop.

'Refuse to engage': New Asda contracts pose risk to patient safety, staff warn

Pharmacists working at Asda have warned that its new structure poses “very serious” risks to patient safety, as well as creating overly stressful working conditions for staff.

New pharmacist contract ‘in effect an increase in pay’, Asda says

Asda’s full-time salaried pharmacists will work one hour less a week for the same salary, the multiple has told C+D.

Asda pays pharmacists incentive to accept reduced hours

Asda pharmacists will be asked to “work compressed contracted hours” and “fewer days” in new “voluntary” contracts, C+D has learned.

Campaign for new Glastonbury pharmacy stalls as festival looms

A campaign to open a new community pharmacy in Glastonbury has stalled after an appeal against the decision to approve the project, just weeks before the town’s iconic music festival.

Asda pharmacy set to close amid drop in footfall and locum ‘staffing gaps’

The “difficult decision” to close an Asda pharmacy branch comes after “long-term underfunding” and difficulty securing pharmacists, the supermarket has said.  

March 2025 hearing set for former Lloydspharmacy staff redundancy row

Former Sainsbury’s workers claiming enhanced redundancy from the Lloydspharmacy estate will have their case heard in March 2025, despite a possible victory offering “no realistic hope” of full compensation.

Asda joins forces with Pharmacy2U to launch ‘online prescription service’

Asda has partnered with Pharmacy2U to allow patients to manage and arrange their prescription deliveries online.