Over the coming weeks and months, every pharmacist will have an important contribution to make and possibly become engaged in activities that they have not previously experienced.
We will continue to champion the interests and needs of pharmacists in this evolving situation.
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PDA will ensure that self -employed locums can enjoy the same access to Covid-19 vaccination priority as do their employed colleagues.
Safe levels of pharmacist workload must be a key consideration in the vaccination roll out plans for community pharmacy.
PDA members working in supermarket pharmacies are welcoming news that the wearing of face masks will be compulsory for customers who do not have a medical exemption. All four major supermarket chains have announced that they will begin enforcing mask-wearing to help to keep staff and customers safe.
As the national Covid vaccination programme gains pace, medicines experts and pharmacists on the frontline may see an increase in questions from the public about the various vaccines and their effects on the body.
The PDA has compiled a brief guide to assist you with ensuring that suitable consent is obtained prior to administering the COVID-19 vaccination.
Risk and Indemnity arrangements. Understanding the risk and Indemnity arrangements for members involved in administering Covid-19 vaccinations
The PDA Union is hearing from employed pharmacists at several multiples who have been instructed by their employers to turn off the NHS COVID-19 test and trace app when at work and worryingly some pharmacists are being told to refuse to ‘self-isolate’ if contacted by track and trace in respect of a colleague who has tested positive. This is also a significant concern for locum members who may be working in these multiples’ pharmacies.
The PDA is highlighting differences in COVID-19 security in pharmacy practice across the NHS and advising employee and locum pharmacists to only pause their Test and Trace apps in a community pharmacy setting, if a satisfactory COVID-19 risk assessment has been completed and adequate PPE measures are in place for the staff and premises.
PDA student members and reps have been sharing their challenges and experiences of the new university term as we all face a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the latest instalment of our ‘coronavirus and its impact’ series, we talk to Nahim Khan who shares his experience of being a pharmacist and lecturer during the coronavirus pandemic.