Kansas City-area CVS pharmacists frustrated with their workload again don't show up – Delco Times
Chain promises to boost hiring to ease workloads that sometimes make it difficult to take a bathroom break.
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Chain promises to boost hiring to ease workloads that sometimes make it difficult to take a bathroom break.
“It all relates to not enough dollars going in to hire the appropriate staff to be able to deliver the services,” said Ron Fitzwater, CEO of the Missouri Pharmacy Association.
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Last week's walkout in Kansas City, and the corporation’s swift response, have brought fresh attention to long-running alarms over pharmacy staffing.
CVS found the right prescription on Wednesday to keep its stores open in the Kansas City area and avoid a repeat of a work stoppage last week by pharmacists: It promised to boost hiring to ease workloads that sometimes make it hard to take a bathroom break. “It all relates to not enough dollars going in to hire the appropriate staff to be able to deliver the services,” said Ron Fitzwater, CEO of the Missouri Pharmacy Association. Pharmacists in at least a dozen Kansas City-area CVS pharmacies did not show up for work last Thursday and Friday and planned to be out again this Wed...