Abuse

Multiples hiring more security personnel and installing CCTV cameras, says CCA.

Local young people have allegedly lit fires outside the pharmacy and targeted staff with racial slurs.

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association has called on the UK’s leading pharmacy chains to adopt a zero tolerance approach to abuse.

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society says all pharmacy staff are covered by the provisions of the Assaults on Emergency Workers Act 2018.

The RPS calls for a zero-tolerance approach to aggressive behaviour towards under-pressure pharmacy staff.

Over 40 per cent of community pharmacies in North Yorkshire have said they have encountered violence and abuse.

Chief pharmacist Dr Keith Ridge says help is on its way for pharmacists on the COVID-19 frontline.

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