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Latest News
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A welcome and refreshing consultation on patient safety from NHS Improvement
Wed 13th June 2018
The PDA has welcomed proposals in NHS Improvement's consultation on patient safety investigations.
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PDA Union submit formal request for recognition as BPA are derecognised with immediate effect
Tue 12th June 2018
Following the decisive result in the ballot of Boots pharmacists, the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) have terminated the agreement between Boots and the BPA, which blocked PDA Union’s previous attempts to get formal recognition at the company.
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Boots ballot – what’s next?
Fri 8th June 2018
The decisive voting in the ballot that ends the recognition agreement between Boots and the BPA should be the start of a new chapter for community pharmacy employee relations with the PDA Union now moving towards recognition as the independent voice of pharmacists at the company.
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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.
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.
- 27000PDA Members
- 757Active Cases
- 394Membership Queries
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Boots Recognition
Boots pharmacists and pre-registration graduates now have the opportunity to vote for a better future, and an independent voice at work. -
Safer Pharmacies Charter
PDA members have produced a charter of seven commitments to improve safety and care for patients, through better working conditions in UK pharmacy practice.
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Latest Consultations
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A welcome and refreshing consultation on patient safety from NHS Improvement
Wed 13th June 2018
The PDA has welcomed proposals in NHS Improvement's consultation on patient safety investigations.
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PDA expresses concerns about the GPhC deregulation of independent prescriber training
Fri 8th June 2018
The PDA has taken issue with the GPhC’s proposals for pharmacist independent prescriber training, which includes the removal of the two-year-experience safety net, the absence of a syllabus and seemingly the intention to allow pharmacy technicians to design and deliver training courses.
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GPhC consults on regulation of registered pharmacies
Mon 21st May 2018
The GPhC is consulting until 9 August 2018 on changes to its approach to regulating registered pharmacies.
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Latest Publications
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PDA launch ‘Wider than Medicines: A pharmacy perspective on creating an integrated health system’
Mon 21st May 2018
Wider than Medicines is the PDA's long-term strategy for the pharmacy sector. It was launched at The Clinical Pharmacy Congress last month and outlines the steps needed to create an intelligent system that focuses on joined-up patient care.
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Revalidation
Fri 6th April 2018
The PDA is keen to support our members to engage with the new revalidation requirements successfully. We believe that a workforce actively engaged in continual professional development is a workforce which will not only gain greater job satisfaction but will improve patient care and safety for the benefit of all.
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Find out more about UKCPA – the Clinical Pharmacy Association
Tue 6th March 2018
The PDA aims to provide advice on good practice and risk management as part of its’ work to promote and defend the interests of individual pharmacists.
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