The 250-page document, which has taken 3 years to compile, highlights proposals to develop the roles of community pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, and the skill mix required to meet patients’ needs.
The report, consisting of 8 core chapters, was designed to promote an intelligent debate about the future roles of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, and how these might work together. We delve into a wide range of relevant topics, which need to be properly considered and addressed.
Before publishing the full report, in order to cover all the key topics which need consideration, over the coming few months we will be breaking the report down into discussion points, analysing key considerations and our reasoning behind each recommendation for improvements.
We will be updating this page on a regular basis until we have covered all the sections of the report. Please keep an eye on this page for further details.
Read why we are releasing the Report in sections here.
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Mon 25th September 2023
The PDA
The Department of Health and Social Care is consulting on proposals for the use of PGDs (Patient Group Directions) by Pharmacy Technicians. PDA members are encouraged to individually respond to the consultation before 29 September 2023.
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Tue 5th September 2023
The PDA
The PDA is highlighting the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC) recently launched consultation on proposals to enable registered pharmacy technicians to supply and administer medicines under a Patient Group Direction (PGD).
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Mon 15th November 2021
The PDA
The PDA is responding to a series of consultations published on 4 November by the Institute of Apprenticeships & Technical Education (IFATE) which include proposals for pharmacy technicians, optometrists, and doctors. These IFATE consultations provide less than two weeks for interested parties to respond.
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Thu 29th October 2020
The PDA
The PDA has responded to a draft “National Competency Framework for Primary Care Pharmacy Technicians” (NCF) which was jointly proposed for consultation by APTUK and PCPA.
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Tue 12th May 2020
The PDA
As health and safety risks in pharmacies increase due to the relaxation of the COVID19 lockdown in England, and employees may need to challenge the safety of their workplaces, the PDA are recommending all members of the pharmacy team join a trade union in order to have an independent, expert voice at work.
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The PDA have released their highly anticipated Pharmacy Technicians report in its entirety this week. The 250-page document, which took 3 years to compile, highlights proposals to develop the roles of community pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, and the skill mix required to meet patients’ needs.
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Wed 6th March 2019
The PDA
The PDA's Pharmacy Technicians Report makes a large number of recommendations and outlines how skill mix in community pharmacy could be approached.
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Mon 4th March 2019
The PDA
The PDA's Pharmacy Technicians Report makes a large number of recommendations and outlines how skill mix in community pharmacy should be approached.
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Mon 25th February 2019
The PDA
It is dangerous to simply apply the performance of pharmacy technicians’ roles in the hospital setting today, to the plans for skill mix in the community pharmacy setting -
according to Chapter 7 of the PDA's Pharmacy Technicians Report.
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Fri 21st December 2018
The PDA
Fostered primarily by non-pharmacist managers and operational systems in the large multiple pharmacies, the boundaries between the responsibilities an accountabilities of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in the community pharmacy sector have become blurred.