As we are all getting ready the year-end celebrations, we have amended our usual working hours to take that into account.
The PDA offices will be open at the following times over the festive period in 2016:
Fri 23rd December – 09.00 – 17.00
Mon 26th December – CLOSED
Tue 27th December – CLOSED
Wed 28th December – 08.30 – 18.00
Thu 29th December – 08.30 – 18.00
Fri 30th December – 09.00 – 17.00
Mon 2nd January – CLOSED
Outside of these hours, members will be able to access our outsourced 24-hour advice line on 0121 694 7017.
Whereas the PDA and PDA Union employs pharmacists and lawyers that give a highly specialised service to our members on employment, regulatory, professional and medical negligence matters, the 24-hour advice line will provide general legal advice but will not be able to provide it bearing in mind any pharmacy related nuances.
The lawyers providing services for the 24-hour advice line will not be able to assist in the reporting of a dispensing error and is highly unlikely to specialise in pharmacy specific matters. As employment and locum matters can often impact on a pharmacist’s registration, we would advise that you ONLY seek advice for these matters within normal office hours and ONLY use the outsourced advice line in case of an emergency.
Except for the days mentioned in the above schedule, our working hours will the same as usual. We will be resuming our usual working hours on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017, as follows:
Monday – Friday: 08.30 – 18.00
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed