Community Pharmacy

• One in three pharmacists now Independent Prescribers – A significant milestone, but challenges persist

  Tue 13th May 2025 The PDA

  PDA Director of Pharmacy, Jay Badenhorst, breaks down the more significant challenges facing independent prescribers (IPs) in the near future, and how further action is needed to ensure that current growth does not come at the cost of equality. 

• Preliminary reflections and lessons from the Priory REACH Knowledge Transfer Partnership project

  Thu 1st May 2025 The PDA

  The Priory REACH project (Research in Evaluation of improving Access to Cardiovascular disease and Healthy lifestyle checks) is a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) initiative led by Aston University in collaboration with the PDA. 

• Government’s pharmacy funding uplift fails to address workforce consultation and historic underfunding

  Mon 31st March 2025 The PDA

  The recent announcement of a funding uplift for community pharmacies in England has been lauded as a significant step towards stabilising the community pharmacy sector and creating a sustainable future. 

• The expanding role of pharmacists and pharmacies in public health – and why they are being let down

  Tue 18th February 2025 The PDA

  PDA Director of Pharmacy, Jay Badenhorst discusses the vital role of pharmacists and pharmacies in public health and why urgent action is needed.  

• PDA Chairman to give evidence to Westminster Health and Social Care Committee

  Mon 15th January 2024 The PDA

  Tomorrow (16 January), PDA Chairman Mark Koziol is due to give evidence to the Health and Social Care select committee’s pharmacy inquiry. 

• Community pharmacy breaches NHS contract to cut costs

  Thu 11th January 2024 The PDA

  In our latest member voice article, a locum pharmacist anonymously recalls how a community pharmacy chose to decline their offer to cover a shift and decided to close the store rather than pay the pharmacist their requested day rate.  

• Think Winter – Pharmacists within the healthcare team

  Sat 9th December 2023 The PDA

  In our latest Member Voice article Jyoti Saini, PDA Regional Committee and Workplace Representative discusses being involved in the ICB's Think Winter campaign which highlights the skills that pharmacists and their support teams can provide for patients.  

• PDA welcomes the Pharmacy First service and calls for a second pharmacist in the pharmacy

  Wed 22nd November 2023 The PDA

  The PDA urges contractors and NHS England to engage with the workforce to make it a success. 

• HMRC to withdraw sector specific guidance on self-employed status

  Tue 30th May 2023 The PDA

  The HMRC have announced today that they will be withdrawing the sector specific tax guidance which relates to locum pharmacists. 

• PDA responds to announcement around delivering improved access to primary care

  Tue 9th May 2023 The PDA

  As part of the plan to support primary care, the government and NHS have pledged an investment of £645m over the next two years. 

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