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Labour Court recommends review of St. Mary’s Hospital staff pharmacy arrangement

By Orla Quinn

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The Labour Court recommended that St. Mary’s Hospital review its former arrangement allowing staff to fill prescriptions without paying the dispensing fee if it restores an in-house pharmacy service for patients. The recommendation was dated 12 September 2008. The Services Industrial Professional Technical Union said the facility was a staff benefit withdrawn without agreement. The hospital said it was discretionary and that staff could use the State drugs refund scheme.

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