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PDA urges pharmacists and employers to utilise COVID-19 risk management tool
Tue 19th January 2021
In the ‘third wave’ of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the daily death tool reaching record levels, the PDA urges pharmacists and employers to utilise their free toolkit that will help to identify and remove risks in community pharmacy.
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PDA agrees a web portal with the NHS in England to help ensure that locums do not miss out on their prioritised Covid-19 vaccination
Mon 18th January 2021
PDA will ensure that self -employed locums can enjoy the same access to Covid-19 vaccination priority as do their employed colleagues.
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Community pharmacy should be used to its potential in vaccination programme, but it must be done safely
Fri 15th January 2021
Safe levels of pharmacist workload must be a key consideration in the vaccination roll out plans for community pharmacy.
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PDA welcomes supermarkets’ policy to enforce wearing of face masks
Thu 14th January 2021
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.
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Anaphylaxis Campaign provides resources on allergies and the Covid vaccination
Mon 11th January 2021
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.
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PDA guidance on informed consent during the COVID-19 vaccination programme
Fri 8th January 2021
The PDA has compiled a brief guide to assist you with ensuring that suitable consent is obtained prior to administering the COVID-19 vaccination.
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Covid-19 vaccinations
Risk and Indemnity arrangements. Understanding the risk and Indemnity arrangements for members involved in administering Covid-19 vaccinations
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PDA say health & safety must be priority after Community pharmacists raise concerns over instructions to avoid test and trace rules
Fri 23rd October 2020
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.
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COVID-19 safety measures must be in place in community pharmacy before pausing Test and Trace app says PDA
Wed 14th October 2020
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.
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COVID-19 security for university students
Wed 14th October 2020
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.