Until 2004, I work for Boots. Every year the company made huge profits – £4-600 million as I remember. Therefore I was absolutely amazed via the BBC website to hear that Alliance Boots have just released their figures and that they have made “only” £13 million in the last year. What went wrong or is this the result of the £11 billion debt they’ve had to manage?
After all, I know i was good but………
An outbreak of flu in Mexico is beginning to cause concern for the WHO. Sixty people have already died in Mexico from the outbreak, and the WHO are meeting to consider what action to take and whether to raise the pandemic flu warning level.
For more information read the BBC article via the link below
Just read a really interesting post on the BBC website regarding the LOX enzyme which is thought to be the key factor in allowing cancers to metastasise.
BBC post.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7813072.stm
More detail from Cancer Research UK
Agency Workers Regulations – how does it effect me?
The simple answer is it doesn’t. …. in most cases. For more expert guidance than I can supply as a pharmacist rather than a legal bod please click on the link below. http://www.pcg.org.uk/cms/documents/01109%20PCG%20A4%2020PP%20BROCHURE%20SINGLE%20PAGES.pdf
One in a lifetime opportunity – pharmacist required in Tonga
We have been approached by a not for profit pharmacy in the Kingdom of Tonga asking us to recruit a pharmacist to work at one of the health centres in the Kingdom. This opportunity will definately not come up again for if you fancy a complete change of scene and an opportunity to live on [...]
Just a quick post to remind all pharmacist that they need to renew their GPhC registration by the 31st October. So you still have a month to pay but if you are anything like me, if you don’t do it now, there’s a chance you’ll forget!
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