Jury Duty for Community Pharmacists

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11 Nov

Published: 11/11/21

We have had communication from our Community Pharmacy teams about requests for pharmacists to carry out Jury Duty, and the challenges this can cause in the current workforce situation.

Details of the exemption available for pharmacists, and what is required for this can be found on the following link.

If you have further questions, please contact enquiries@cps.scot.

Exemption Link

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