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Hundreds of NHS buildings in Scotland still contain deadly asbestos
Sat 28th January 2023
The STUC, TUC and MPs have warned hundreds of NHS buildings across Scotland still contain asbestos, including hospitals.
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Student Newsletter – January 2023
Fri 27th January 2023
In this edition, read about upcoming PDA activities and events and the PDA’s presence at the GFTU’s Young Members Development Weekend. Also, read about the winner of the Welsh Pharmacy Student Leadership Award and their pharmacy journey.
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PDA will support pharmacists as ASDA announce pharmacy closures
Thu 26th January 2023
ASDA have announced changes to their stores which includes the closure of seven pharmacies, placing some pharmacists at risk of redundancy
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PDA Union has agreed how to proceed towards NHS Strike Action
Wed 25th January 2023
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the PDA Union has reached a historic decision for the union to call its first ever ballot for strike action.
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PDA responds to PSNI consultation on staffing levels
Wed 25th January 2023
The Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (PSNI) recently consulted on its draft guidance for pharmacy staffing levels which sets out to explain what pharmacy owners and superintendents must do to ensure that each pharmacy has enough skilled and qualified staff. This includes having an appropriate skill mix, to provide safe and effective pharmacy services which comply with the standards.
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Supporting pharmacists during Covid-19
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New Scheme For GP Practice-Based Pharmacists
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The PDA (Pharmacists’ Defence Association)
The PDA is a not-for-profit organisation which supports the needs of individual employed and locum pharmacists and pharmacy students and, when necessary, defends their reputation. With more than 35,000 members we are the largest pharmacist membership organisation and the only independent trade union exclusively for pharmacists in the UK.
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Government perform double U-turn on IR35
Tue 1st November 2022
Locum pharmacists were briefly hopeful that issues arising from IR35 may have been overcome but instead they continue to face certain barriers created by some employers.
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Scottish Health Secretary responds to parliamentary question about Well Pharmacy’s Covid policy
Fri 13th May 2022
The Scottish Health Secretary, Humza Yousaf, has responded to a direct question about Well Pharmacy's Covid policy, confirming that that if staff test positive for COVID-19, regardless of whether they have symptoms, they should not attend work for a minimum of 5 full days.
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PDA issues advisory information about Paxlovid® antiviral treatment for non-hospitalised patients
Mon 4th April 2022
The NHS is offering antibody and antiviral treatments to people with Covid-19 who are at the highest risk of becoming seriously ill if they contract the virus.
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Insight Online – January 2023
Tue 24th January 2023
Welcome to the first issue of Insight Online for 2023. This month, read about the GPhC's standards for pharmacy premises and how we will defend the right to strike. Also, learn about an exclusive PDA Plus benefit for PDA members.
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Insight International – December 2022
Thu 22nd December 2022
Having developed a significant international dimension to the work of the PDA for the benefit of members here in the UK, we are delighted to send you our very first ‘International Newsletter’ itemising the increasingly long and interesting list of developments.
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How the Medicines to Ukraine campaign became an effort to also help reduce Anti-microbial Resistance
Wed 21st December 2022
An individual is injured on the frontline in Ukraine, and they reach over to their emergency packs which contain pain relief such as morphine, and medical tools. They are then given primary care by either the police, or military and triaged to evacuation hubs. The infection risk is unknown, the chances of having an infected wound at this point is unlikely. Moreover, as this individual is transferred between the different points of care, the cleanliness of transport vehicles and hubs are also unknown.
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