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Latest News
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Press Release: PDA calls on parliament to ensure community pharmacy is in scope of Health Service Safety Investigations Body
Thu 21st September 2017
The PDA is asking Parliament to ensure the HSSIB can investigate incidents in community pharmacies.
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Press Release: NHS Pharmacists need a pay rise – PDA Union writes to Pharmacy Minister
Fri 15th September 2017
As the government agree to end the overall 1% pay cap for all public sector workers, the pharmacists' union has called on Steve Brine MP to make sure pharmacists are valued.
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PDA Insight, GP Practice and Primary Care special edition – May 2017
Fri 15th September 2017
Read how PDA has developed Professional Indemnity for Clinical Pharmacists in General Practice in this special edition of PDA Insight for GP Practice and Primary Care Pharmacists. This edition was originally published at the 2017 Clinical Pharmacy Congress.
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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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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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GPhC Proposes Changes to Pharmacy Technician Training
Tue 21st March 2017
The GPhC has proposed changes to the initial education and training of pharmacy technicians.
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Latest Publications
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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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Boots Pharmacists News
Mon 31st July 2017
Top Story: Pharmacists stand up to Boots in historic attempt to get an independent voice at work
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Violence in Pharmacies
Thu 4th May 2017
The PDA have reissued their policy and associated resource pack on as part of their ongoing efforts to stop violence in pharmacies.
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