Pharmacists

HC Deb 28 January 1958 vol 581 cc61-3W

Mr. de Freitas

asked the Minister of Health how far the basic pay of a

HOSPITAL SERVICE
Pharmaceutical Whitley Council, agreement operative from 1st November, 1956
Basic grade pharmacists, male and female	All areas except the Metropolitan Police Area	£580 × £30(6)—£760×£25(1)—£785
	Metropolitan Police Area	As above plus London weighting of £20 per annum at ages 21 to 25 and £30 per annum thereafter
	A higher qualification allowance of £25 is payable in addition to pharmacists holding a qualification higher than the normal pharmaceutical qualification (i.e., Ph.C.)

RETAIL PHARMACY
NATIONAL JOINT COUNCIL FOR RETAIL PHARMACY AGREEMENT OPERATIVE FROM 15TH OCTOBER, 1956
—	Minimum Rates (Annual (52 weeks) equivalents of weekly rates)
1st year	2nd year	3rd year
	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Pharmacists (Males)
Provincial A areas (broadly towns outside the Metro politan Police Area with population of more than 10,000)	564	4	0	590	4	0	616	4	0
Provincial B areas (all other provincial areas)	551	4	0	577	4	0	603	4	0
Metropolitan Police Area	577	4	0	603	4	0	629	4	0

The rates for females are lower by £18 4s. 0d. per annum.

AGREEMENT OF 1ST APRIL, 1957 BETWEEN THE NATIONAL WAGES BOARD OF THE CO-OPERATIVE UNION LTD. AND UNION OF SHOP, DISTRIBUTIVE AND ALLIED WORKERS
—	(Annual (52 weeks) equivalents of weekly rates)
1st year	2nd year	3rd year
	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.
Qualified Pharmacy Assistants (Males)
Provincial A areas	…	…	…	616	4	0	642	4	0	668	4	0
Provincial B areas	…	…	…	603	4	0	629	4	0	655	4	0
Metropolitan Police Area	…	…	…	629	4	0	655	4	0	681	4	0
The rates for females are lower by £18 4s. 0d. per annum.

pharmaceutical chemist in the hospital service is below that prevailing in pharmaceutical jobs outside the hospital service.

Mr. Walker-Smith

Following are the negotiated rates of pay:

Mr. de Freitas

asked the Minister of Health how far below establishment the hospital pharmaceutical service is in the country generally, and in Lincoln in particular.

Mr. Walker-Smith

No figures are readily available for the country as a whole, but in Lincoln excluding students there is a shortage on the authorised establishment of four whole-time staff offset by one assistant in dispensing and one part-time pharmacist. In addition, applications for one post of chief pharmacist recently advertised are being considered.