general
March
April
- PDA calls on NHS England to follow the example of NHS Scotland
- PDA warn employers against attempting bank holiday “Wage Theft” – POST UPDATED
- PDA call for remembrance of health workers killed by COVID-19
- COVID-19 testing for Community Pharmacists, their teams and their families
- Back on the register – a guest blog on returning to pharmacy during the COVID-19 crisis
May
- PDA support the global #Pharmacyheroes campaign
- PDA live webinar used to offer support and guidance to pre-reg members
- How the coronavirus crisis has impacted on pre-registration pharmacists
- PDA publish FAQs to support pre-regs through this time of uncertainty
- PDAU welcomes advice from NHS Social Partnership Forum regarding industrial relations during the ongoing COVID-19 situation
- Students and new pre-regs 2020/21 – Changing times
- Pharmacists need to support Track & Trace phase; contractors need to prepare and government needs to pay
June
- Evidence of some employers crying wolf over pharmacist shortages during pandemic
- PDA reveal the results of their second pre-reg COVID-19 survey
- PDA develop Emergency Pharmacist Task Force to help fight the COVID-19 crisis
- Prov-Reg pharmacist salaries should match “newly qualified” rates
Death in Service for pharmacists
April
- PDA call on government to include community pharmacists in £60K payment scheme
- PDA ask cross party group of MPs to challenge Health & Social Care Secretary on compensation scheme
- PDA welcome inclusion of community pharmacists in Wales compensation scheme
- PDA welcome reversal of decision to exclude community pharmacists from compensation scheme
- PDA write to Robin Swann, Minister for Health in Northern Ireland about Death in Service
- PDA write to Jeane Freeman OBE MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport in Scotland about Death in Service
May
- PDA praise CPS and Scottish Government for including community pharmacy in COVID-19 related death in service scheme
- PDA secure confirmation that compensation cases from community pharmacy will be treated in the same way as cases from other parts of the NHS and social care sectors for pharmacy team
June
PPE
March
- PDA call on Matt Hancock to ensure PPE is made available to community pharmacy
- PDA call on Jeane Freeman to ensure PPE is made available to community pharmacy in Scotland
- PDA call on Vaughn Gething to ensure PPE is made available to community pharmacy in Wales
- PDA call on Robin Swann to ensure PPE is made available to community pharmacy in Northern Ireland
April
BAME
May
- PDA raise concerns with every UK government about higher risk for BAME people
- PDA urge the government and NHS to protect the BAME community and include pharmacy in plans to keep workers safe
June
- PDA Statement on the PHE report: Disparities in the risk and outcomes of COVID-19
- Black Lives Matter – what can we do?
- PDA welcome three new inquiries into the unequal impact of COVID-19
- PDA respond to government delay in publishing BAME protective measures against COVID-19
- Welsh Government responds to PDA letter regarding the higher death rates from COVID-19 amongst BAME people
Show Respect in Pharmacies
March
April
- PDA increase action on campaign to end violence in pharmacies
- PDA call on the CCA to support a “zero tolerance” policy on abuse of pharmacists and their teams
- PDA say zero tolerance needed to stop verbal abuse, intimidation, threats, racism, sexism and physical attacks
- PDA remind members that they are protected under Assault on Emergency Workers law
- CCA members sign up to zero tolerance of abuse of pharmacy staff
- Police and Crime Commissioners support PDA’s campaign to stop violence in pharmacies
- PDA’s campaign to stop violence in pharmacies now has support from the National Police Chiefs’ Council
May
- PDA calls for next steps to end violence in pharmacies after community pharmacy sector adopts zero tolerance approach
- PDA welcome GPhC statement on zero tolerance of violence
- Police Scotland respond to PDA campaign to stop violence in pharmacy
June
Health and Safety of Pharmacy personnel
April
- PDA reminds employers of their health & safety responsibilities
- Health and Safety Executive Issue Guidance regarding reporting of COVID-19
- “Remember the Dead” and “Fight for the Living”
May
- Employees and locums must ensure employers report COVID-19 infections acquired at work
- Pharmacy teams encouraged to join trade unions as health and safety at work issues become higher profile
- Community Pharmacy Trade Unions call on government to facilitate talks on workplace safety
- Boots confirm store reopening plans after consultation with PDA Union
July
August
- How have pharmacy employers assessed and supported safety in the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic?
- PDA write to GPhC with concerns about lack of H&S reporting by community pharmacy employers
- Community Pharmacy employers start to report cases of workplace exposure to Coronavirus