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• Comparing community pharmacy practice to the Scandinavian model; a flawed approach

  Mon 22nd October 2018 The PDA

  A study commissioned by the Department of Health looked at how skill mix in community pharmacy operated in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.  

• Insight Online – October 2018

  Mon 22nd October 2018 The PDA

  Welcome to the latest issue of Insight Online. This regular mailing will keep you updated on PDA news and events, as well as issues that affected you at work. 

• Safer Pharmacies Campaign continues

  Fri 19th October 2018 The PDA

  The campaign to get pharmacies across the UK to meet the seven commitments to improve safety and care for patients, through better working conditions in UK pharmacy practice is continuing. Here are some of the latest developments in support for the PDA’s Safer Pharmacies Charter. 

• PDA urge you to sign a petition to ‘Reject Remote Pharmacist Proposals. Keep Pharmacists Present for Patients.’

  Thu 18th October 2018 The PDA

  A concerned pharmacist has set up a public petition against government proposals which could see pharmacies operating without the presence of a Responsible Pharmacist.  

• Labour Party Conference Fringe Event: ‘Wider than medicine: where next for the NHS?’

  Thu 18th October 2018 The PDA

  Last month, the PDA sponsored a fringe event at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool as part of our engagement with politicians and others about the future of pharmacy. 

• PDA respond to the GPhC’s consultation on its Publication and Disclosure Policy

  Tue 16th October 2018 The PDA

  The GPhC consulted from 5 July 2018 until 14 September 2018 on changes to its publication and disclosure policy in relation to individuals subject to fitness to practice proceedings. 

• PDA represented at the Plaid Cymru Conference Dinner

  Mon 15th October 2018 The PDA

  PDA Executive Representative for Wales and West England, Richard Evans represented the PDA at the Plaid Cymru Conference Dinner on Friday 5th October in Cardigan, Wales.  

• A BBC documentary places pharmacy safety standards into public debate

  Thu 11th October 2018 The PDA

  A BBC Inside Out documentary, including a lead feature on the death of a patient in community pharmacy and the company’s subsequent interactions with his family, was broadcast on BBC One on their HD channel and in some regions on their standard channel on Monday 8 October 2018. 

• Recap of the Pharmacy Show 2018

  Wed 10th October 2018 The PDA

  The Pharmacy Show took place at the NEC in Birmingham on 7th & 8th October 2018. The team were delighted to see so many PDA members. We also introduced ourselves to many new faces over the course of the two day show. As well as assisting with membership queries, we promoted the Safer Pharmacies Charter and the Wider than Medicines strategy. 

• Lessons on successful skill mix using technicians in the Dental Profession should be applied to pharmacy

  Wed 10th October 2018 The PDA

  The dental sector provides a good exemplar of how skill mix has been developed to support the work of the dentist, to widen the scope of the service and ultimately to improve the service to patients. Six types of dental technicians have been registered by the General Dental Council (GDC). 

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