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Latest minutes of the Joint Consultative Committee at Boots
Tue 8th September 2020
The minutes of the latest Joint Consultative Committee meeting between representatives of the company and the PDA Union have been published.
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PDA invite LloydsPharmacy to work together to resolve pharmacist concerns
Mon 7th September 2020
The PDA have written to LloydsPharmacy (Lloyds) inviting them to work with the union to resolve the concerns of pharmacists over the change programme being implemented by the company
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PDA responds to public service pension scheme consultation
Mon 7th September 2020
Members working in the NHS will be interested in a public consultation launched last month by Government.
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PDA exploring all options for pharmacist as pharmacy business faces insolvency
Fri 4th September 2020
The PDA are exploring all options to ensure a pharmacist facing losing their job receives their full entitlement to compensation and pay, including owed holiday pay, after a pharmacy which is heading for insolvency told them to claim from the government for any monies owed.
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Boots prison pharmacists to be transferred to Sodexo
Thu 27th August 2020
Pharmacists employed by Boots in several prisons are having their employment transferred to a subsidiary of the French multinational Sodexo that provides custodial and post-release services to the UK Ministry of Justice, including directly managing several prisons.
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How the coronavirus crisis has impacted on trainee pharmacists (called pre-reg until end of summer 2021) – part 4
Thu 27th August 2020
In the fourth instalment of our ‘coronavirus and its impact on trainee pharmacists (called pre-reg until end of summer 2021)’ series, we talk to Samuel Opoku, a PDA trainee pharmacists Rep who after being unsuccessful in passing the pre-reg assessment in 2019, was denied the chance to retake the assessment earlier this year or become a provisionally registered pharmacist.
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NAWP Newsletter – August 2020
Wed 26th August 2020
Welcome to the latest issue of the NAWP newsletter - the quarterly mailing that keeps you up-to-date on news, events and issues that relate to women in pharmacy.
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Coroner’s Prevention Of Future Deaths Report
Wed 26th August 2020
We have been made aware of a Prevention of Future Deaths Report which was issued by the Senior Coroner at St Pancras Coroner’s Court.
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PDA joins Prescription Charges Coalition
Wed 26th August 2020
The PDA has joined the Prescription Charges Coalition, a group of 49 organisations calling on the Westminster Government to scrap prescription charges for people with long-term medical conditions in England.
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PDA sponsor student category of Scottish Pharmacy Awards 2020
Tue 25th August 2020
The PDA is pleased to sponsor the Student Leadership Award for another year at the Scottish Pharmacy Awards in Glasgow on the 25th November 2020 and encourage all those eligible for this award to consider applying.