PDA Union

• Covid-19 vaccination session rates in Scotland are indicative of a wider problem for pharmacists

  Fri 16th April 2021 The PDA

  The PDA has continued to support locum pharmacists who have been subjected to changes in the arrangements for their role in providing Covid-19 vaccinations in Scotland.  

• Northern Irish trade union movement supports pharmacist campaigns

  Fri 16th April 2021 The PDA

  The Irish Congress of Trade Unions is now formally supporting PDA campaigns for pharmacists following the PDA's participation in the ICTU 2021 Biennial Delegate Conference  

• PDA urges pharmacists to stay safe and take adequate rest breaks

  Sat 10th April 2021 The PDA

  Proper rest breaks are an important element of maintaining a safe environment for patients and helps to protect the health and wellbeing of workers.  

• Introducing the new PDA Regional Committee

  Thu 1st April 2021 The PDA

  The PDA Regional Committee is made up of elected members that are pharmacists from different sectors of the profession who collectively and individually have responsibility for recruiting, engaging and representing members in their region. 

• PDA members at Rowlands concerned as some told they will receive no pay increase

  Thu 25th March 2021 The PDA

  The PDA is receiving calls from pharmacists at Rowlands that have concerns about the company's decision and communications regarding pay rates, including from some who claim that their Regional Leaders have just phoned pharmacists to tell them there will be no pay increase this year.  

• Health Campaigns Together conference

  Wed 17th March 2021 The PDA

  PDA Union is part of the campaigning group Health Campaigns Together (HCT) who recently held a virtual conference entitled 'The Pandemic and Privatisation.' 

• GPhC extend Provisional Registrant arrangements until 2022 and delay this year’s Summer exam dates

  Fri 12th March 2021 The PDA

  The GPhC has announced that they are extending the provisional registrant arrangements until January 2022, and due to an associated delay to the Summer registration exam date, any of the current (20-21) cohort of pre-registration trainees wishing to practice from 1 August will now have to also become provisional registrants until the results are released and they are eligible to join the pharmacist register.    

• Locums in Scotland advised of rights in instances of breach of contract

  Thu 11th March 2021 The PDA

  The PDA is advising PDA locum members in Scotland about their contractual rights following complaints that a health board is cancelling booked vaccination shifts without notice. 

• Locums in Scotland furious as NHS cancel their vaccination shifts

  Wed 10th March 2021 The PDA

  PDA locum members in Scotland are furious after receiving NHS communications saying that the NHS is cancelling their scheduled shifts in the Covid vaccination programme and amending payment arrangements without any prior discussion 

• Locum and employed pharmacists should check arrangements for them to receive up to £500 government payment in Scotland and Northern Ireland

  Tue 23rd February 2021 The PDA

  Employers, in Northern Ireland and in Scotland, have been asked by their respective governments to provide information about how many eligible pharmacists, including locums, will receive up to £500 as a payment from government for their contribution in 2020 towards tackling the Covid pandemic. 

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