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Deadline for mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations approaches for health and care roles in England
Mon 17th January 2022
NHS guidance for employers in healthcare in England outlines planning and preparation for the implementation of regulations around Vaccination as a Condition of Deployment (VCOD) for healthcare workers.
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New PDA Plus partners Morrish Solicitors enhance benefits offered to PDA members
Mon 17th January 2022
The PDA is pleased to announce that Morrish Solicitors have been appointed as an additional PDA Plus partner and will enhance the range of specially-negotiated preferential services offered to members.
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PDA Reps Network in Lloyds hosts virtual member meetings
Thu 13th January 2022
Last month, the PDA Reps Network in LloydsPharmacy held a series of interactive member meetings and are pleased to say they had a very positive turnout. As the recognised trade union for pharmacists employed by Lloyds, the PDA Reps wanted members to have the opportunity to talk about issues important to them.
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PDA calls on employers and pharmacist organisations to make “New Year Resolution” to support the profession’s charity
Thu 6th January 2022
The PDA is encouraging pharmacy employers and pharmacists organisations to donate £1 per pharmacist employee or member to the Pharmacist Support charity and to collectively make a substantive difference to the charity's funding from 2022 onwards.
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Boots pharmacists need to join the union
Thu 6th January 2022
The PDA is reiterating its call for every pharmacist at Boots to join the PDA Union, to keep up to date with important matters that impact on working life, and to strengthen the collective voice of the profession within the company.
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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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PDA releases social media guidance for members
Tue 7th December 2021
As a result of recent cases and concerns raised by members, the PDA has issued new social media guidance on how members can have a presence online but still protect themselves and their professional reputation.
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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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Insight Online – December 2021
Tue 21st December 2021
In the last issue of the year, we discuss the role of pharmacy technicians and share how we intervened to help a student member save over £50,000 in potential loss of salary. Also, we share data on the impact of having additional pharmacist roles in primary care.
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The workforce impact of pharmacists working in Primary Care – what does the data tell us?
Wed 15th December 2021
The PDA shares data regarding the workforce impact of additional pharmacist roles in primary care and bust the myth that it has created a shortage.
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PDA releases social media guidance for members
Tue 7th December 2021
As a result of recent cases and concerns raised by members, the PDA has issued new social media guidance on how members can have a presence online but still protect themselves and their professional reputation.
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