Latest news
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Pharmacy First: pressure mounts on pharmacists as threshold approaches
Thu 11th April 2024
Some PDA members in England are reporting increasing pressure from their management around the performance of the Pharmacy First Service as the minimum activity thresholds increase.
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PDA calls on pharmacists to share ongoing experiences and feedback of the Pharmacy First Service
Wed 7th February 2024
Following the launch of the Pharmacy First Service (PFS) on 31 January 2024, the PDA is asking members working in community pharmacy in England to complete an online survey about their experiences.
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PDA wants Pharmacy First to succeed but asks members to help stop inappropriate business behaviours
Fri 2nd February 2024
The PDA is asking its members to share any evidence of business behaviours which may jeopardise the Pharmacy First Scheme, those that are not in patients’ interests, or may damage the profession’s reputation.
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Pharmacy First Service provides great expectations: but the PDA is concerned about the impacts on the pharmacy workforce
Wed 31st January 2024
The PDA had called on NHS England to phase in the introduction of what on paper is a very good service which will benefit the public; however, this request was refused.
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PDA reiterates advice to members as Pharmacy First Service prepares to go live
Tue 30th January 2024
The PDA is reiterating advice to members as concerns continue to be raised before the go live date of the Pharmacy First Service in England on Wednesday 31 January.
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Frontline pharmacists’ concerns about Pharmacy First implementation shared with DHSC and NHS England officials
Fri 19th January 2024
The PDA has ensured that the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England and senior DHSC civil servants have heard the views of employed and locum pharmacists on how PFS is being introduced.
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The Responsible Pharmacist and Pharmacy First Service
Fri 19th January 2024
PDA members have raised concerns about how they can comply with their professional responsibilities towards patients when faced with the demand for Pharmacy First consultations to be delivered, alongside an already overstretched pharmacy service.
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Pharmacy First Service (PFS) survey
Fri 5th January 2024
Community pharmacy contractors and NHS England have agreed that the Pharmacy First Service (PFS) will launch on 31 January 2024. If implemented correctly this has the potential to empower community pharmacists to use more of their clinical skills.
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PDA welcomes the Pharmacy First service and calls for a second pharmacist in the pharmacy
Wed 22nd November 2023
The PDA urges contractors and NHS England to engage with the workforce to make it a success.