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PDA responds to GPhC’s consultation on draft changes to registrant fees
Mon 21st August 2023
The PDA has responded on behalf of members to a GPhC consultation about their proposal to increase the registration fees for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacy premises.
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PDA responds to the MHRA consultation to make Codeine linctus a prescription only medicine
Thu 17th August 2023
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) recently undertook a ‘Public Consultation on proposal to make Codeine linctus and Codeine Oral Solutions available as a prescription only medicine (POM).’
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Patients in England continue to pay the price of charges
Wed 22nd March 2023
The Prescription Charges Coalition, of which PDA is part, have published a new report on the impact of prescription charges on people living with long term conditions in England.
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PDA responds to PSNI consultation on staffing levels
Wed 25th January 2023
The Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (PSNI) recently consulted on its draft guidance for pharmacy staffing levels which sets out to explain what pharmacy owners and superintendents must do to ensure that each pharmacy has enough skilled and qualified staff. This includes having an appropriate skill mix, to provide safe and effective pharmacy services which comply with the standards.
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PDA responds to the GPhC’s consultation ‘Draft equality guidance for pharmacies’
Fri 1st July 2022
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) recently consulted on its ‘Draft equalities guidance for pharmacies.’ Whilst the PDA welcomed this consultation, it has a number of concerns around certain aspects of the consultation.
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PDA responds to the Department of Health and Social Care consultation ‘Hub and spoke dispensing’
Tue 28th June 2022
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) recently consulted on its proposals for ‘Hub and spoke dispensing.’ This is the second attempt by the DHSC to consult on proposed changes to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 and The Medicines Act 1968 to facilitate hub and spoke dispensing between parties that belong to separate legal entities.
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PDA LGBT+ Network responds to government consultation on conversion therapy
Mon 24th January 2022
The government has committed to banning so-called conversion therapy, a practice in which attempts are made to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of an LGBT+ person.
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PDA signs joint letter to government on prescription charge increase proposal
Thu 2nd September 2021
The PDA has joined with health charities, the Royal College of General Practitioners, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the British Geriatrics Society to issue an open letter, urging the Government to rethink its proposal to raise the qualifying age for free prescriptions in England from 60 to 66.
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PDA responds to prescription charges consultation
Fri 27th August 2021
The government has proposed to change the upper age exemption for prescription charges, to align it with the State Pension age.
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PDA responds to the DHSC’s ‘Regulating healthcare professionals, protecting the public consultation’
Thu 29th July 2021
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) recently consulted on reforms to the regulation of healthcare professions undertaken by the 10 UK healthcare regulators.