Member Networks

• NAWP encourages pharmacists to take part in Wear it Pink

  Sun 8th September 2024 The PDA

  Friday 18 October 2024 is Wear it Pink day, which is one of the biggest fundraising events in the UK. The event, created by the UK’s largest breast cancer charity, Breast Cancer Now, raises money to support breast cancer research. 

• PDA LGBT+ Network attends Manchester Pride 2024

  Fri 6th September 2024 The PDA

  For the third year in a row, the PDA LGBT+ Network was proud to return and take part in Manchester Pride 2024. The annual Pride parade takes place on August Bank holiday weekend and this year fell on Saturday 24 August. 

• PDA BAME Network launches factsheet to mark Sickle Cell Awareness Month

  Sun 1st September 2024 The PDA

  To mark Sickle Cell Awareness Month, the PDA BAME Network has published a factsheet to help raise awareness of the disease and help employers understand that pharmacists diagnosed with sickle cell may need time off work for medical appointments and treatment.  

• Observing Sickle Cell Awareness Month 2024

  Sun 1st September 2024 The PDA

  As September marks Sickle Cell Awareness Month, in this member voice, PDA BAME Network member, Ewura-Adjoa Yamoah discusses the importance of raising awareness around the disease. She also encourages everyone who is potentially at risk to check their sickle cell status and explains how pharmacists can help the cause. 

• Sickle Cell Disease in the UK: A Call to Action for Pharmacists

  Sun 1st September 2024 The PDA

  The PDA BAME Network has published this report, compiled by co-opted committee member Deborah Nyaberi, on sickle cell disease. The report contains information on the disease, including prevention, the current treatment options, and how pharmacists can come together to improve care and equality 

• Lourette Latif Philips elected as the 50th President of NAWP

  Sat 31st August 2024 The PDA

  The PDA is pleased to announce that Lourette Latif Philips, a Community and Prison Locum Pharmacist, has been elected unopposed as the new President of the PDA NAWP (National Association of Women Pharmacists) Network. 

• My South Asian coming out experience

  Mon 26th August 2024 The PDA

  An anonymous clinical pharmacist has shared their coming out experience as a South Asian woman who feared risking disownment and abandonment by their family and society due to their sexual identity. They also share how they feared being found out at work due to pharmacy being 'a small world'.  

• Join the PDA at The Pharmacy Show 2024

  Thu 22nd August 2024 The PDA

  The Pharmacy Show returns to Birmingham this October (13-14) to offer UK community and primary care pharmacists, education, and networking opportunities. The PDA is proud to once again support the show and will deliver two sessions this year; 'Standing Up for Sitting Down' and 'PDA Safer Pharmacies Charter.' 

• PDA NAWP Network launches Spotlight on Periods

  Tue 9th July 2024 The PDA

  The latest NAWP Spotlight, ‘Period Matters’ aims to raise awareness of the impact that periods can have, both physically and mentally, on women in the workplace. 

• PDA encourages members to stand up for sitting down

  Wed 3rd July 2024 The PDA

  On Tuesday 4 June, the PDA held an online event to launch the PDA Ability Network’s new campaign, ‘Standing Up for Sitting Down’. The campaign aims to raise awareness of disability discrimination and calls on employers to make appropriate and ongoing reasonable adjustments. 

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