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Latest News
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Deregulation of support staff training and unenforceable guidance – risks to patients
Thu 19th October 2017
The GPhC consulted from 20 July to 11 October 2017 on proposed guidance for pharmacy owners on creating suitable working environments which enable pharmacy staff to operate safely and effectively. The PDA responded to the consultation, expressing its concerns.
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PSNI Consultation on Premises Standards for Registered Pharmacies
Tue 17th October 2017
The PSNI is consulting on new Premises Standards for Registered Pharmacies. We invite members to share their views with us to inform our response.
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Press Release: Pharmacists’ Defence Association and National Pharmacy Association ask DH Rebalancing Board to pledge patient safety
Tue 17th October 2017
The PDA and NPA have jointly appealed to members of the Department of Health's Rebalancing Board to adopt a patient safety 'pledge', in the light of growing concerns about a relaxation of pharmacist supervision of medicines supply.
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Indemnity For Working In GP Surgeries
With membership premiums starting at £212 for lower risk activities, the average cost being £440 and 93% of pharmacists working in GP surgeries paying less than £900, membership of the PDA offers the most cost effective form of professional indemnity for GP surgery based pharmacists.
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Latest Consultations
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Deregulation of support staff training and unenforceable guidance – risks to patients
Thu 19th October 2017
The GPhC consulted from 20 July to 11 October 2017 on proposed guidance for pharmacy owners on creating suitable working environments which enable pharmacy staff to operate safely and effectively. The PDA responded to the consultation, expressing its concerns.
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PDA Criticizes GPhC Revalidation Proposals
Tue 18th July 2017
The PDA has said it believes the framework recently proposed by the GPhC does not constitute revalidation, for various reasons including an insufficiently rigorous process and the lack of formal appraisal by a senior pharmacist. We believe that the proposed framework should instead be referred to as CPD.
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GPhC revising threshold criteria for fitness to practise referral
Wed 22nd March 2017
When a complaint is made to the GPhC about a registrant, it uses “threshold criteria” to decide whether to refer the matter to the investigating committee, who in turn decide whether to refer to the fitness to practise committee. The GPhC consulted on proposed new criteria to replace the existing.
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Latest Publications
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Press Release: Pharmacists’ Defence Association and National Pharmacy Association ask DH Rebalancing Board to pledge patient safety
Tue 17th October 2017
The PDA and NPA have jointly appealed to members of the Department of Health's Rebalancing Board to adopt a patient safety 'pledge', in the light of growing concerns about a relaxation of pharmacist supervision of medicines supply.
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Press Release: PDA want Pharmacists included in the Assault on Emergency Workers (offences) Bill
Tue 17th October 2017
PDA are calling on members of parliament to include pharmacists in the scope of the Assault on Emergency Workers (offences) Bill being proposed by Chris Bryant MP, and to ensure the bill becomes law.
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Join us at the Pharmacy Show 2017
Fri 8th September 2017
Join us at the Pharmacy Show at the NEC on Sunday 8th of October where we will present our New PDA Road Map strategy in the Keynote Theatre at 5.00pm.
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