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PDA’s swift intervention to support a student member saves over £50K in potential loss of salary
Fri 3rd December 2021
During 2021, the PDA has supported a record number of student and trainee members with problems they’ve faced during learning and training. This support is offered as part of their free PDA membership.
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PDA write to GPhC about the impact of automation and online pharmacy provision on patient safety and pharmacy practice
Fri 3rd December 2021
The PDA has written an open letter on behalf of members to the GPhC to highlight areas of concern which could have an impact on patient safety.
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PDA Reps Network in Boots host virtual engagement evenings
Thu 2nd December 2021
Last week, the PDA Reps Network in Boots hosted a series of virtual engagement evenings for members that work at the company.
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Advice to pharmacy students as lecturers take strike action
Wed 1st December 2021
The PDA has issued advice to pharmacy students who may face pickets lines and find that their lecturers and other course staff are not at work due to industrial action by members of the University & College Union. University staff are striking against unfair conditions including: insecure contracts, unpaid hours, low pay and minority wage gaps, cuts to pensions and more.
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Domestic violence in the LGBT+ community
Tue 30th November 2021
In the second instalment of the PDA series to raise awareness of the '16 days of Action Against Domestic Violence' campaign, Scott Rutherford, President of the LGBT+ Network explains that some people within society are more likely to be victims of domestic abuse than others.
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Supporting pharmacists during Covid-19
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The PDA (Pharmacists’ Defence Association)
The PDA is a not-for-profit organisation which supports the needs of individual pharmacists and pharmacy students and, when necessary, defends their reputation. We are the largest pharmacist membership organisation and the only trade union exclusively for pharmacists in the UK.
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- 1184Membership Queries
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Read More Latest Policy Documents
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Advice and FAQs for prescribing and non-prescribing pharmacists in primary care
Mon 15th November 2021
The PDA has produced an advice and FAQs document designed as a first port of call for members working in general practice or primary care.
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PDA comment as large employers respond to HMRC investigation into tax status of locums
Thu 4th November 2021
The PDA has written to locum members after some large pharmacy contractors have contacted locum pharmacists asking them to provide details of their working arrangements. This is connected to the HMRC investigation into the tax status of locums which forms part of the extension of the IR35 arrangements into the private sector.
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DHSC consultation on extending free PPE to the health and care sector after 31 March 2022
Thu 21st October 2021
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is consulting on whether it should extend the provision of free personal protective equipment (PPE) to the health and care sector after 31 March 2022. The PDA will be responding to the consultation and are also on the DHSC’s PPE engagement panel.
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Read More Latest Resources
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Joining the PDA – Locum Pharmacist Flyer
Fri 26th November 2021
Here is the PDA locum pharmacist flyer that highlights the key reasons to join the PDA.
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Joining the PDA – Hospital Pharmacist Flyer
Fri 26th November 2021
Here is the PDA hospital pharmacist flyer that highlights the key reasons to join the PDA.
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Joining the PDA – GP Pharmacist Flyer
Thu 25th November 2021
Here is the PDA GP pharmacist flyer that highlights the key reasons to join the PDA.
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