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PDA responds to the BEIS consultation on extending redundancy protection for women and new parents
Mon 15th April 2019
The BEIS consulted on extending redundancy protection for women and new parents from 25 January to 5 April 2019. The PDA supports proposals for greater consistency of redundancy protection across pregnancy, maternity and for a short period following return to work to help tackle redundancy discrimination in the workplace.
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PDA responds to the GPhC’s consultation on initial education and training standards for pharmacists
Tue 9th April 2019
The GPhC (General Pharmaceutical Council) consulted from 9 January 2019 to 3 April 2019 on changes to the initial education and training standards for pharmacists. The PDA have expressed concerns about the GPhC proposals in its consultation response.
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PDA responds to the NHSI Consultation on Developing a Patient Safety Strategy for the NHS
Tue 26th March 2019
NHS Improvement consulted on a patient safety strategy for the NHS. The consultation ran from 14 December 2018 to 15 February 2019. The PDA generally welcomes and supports the proposals in the consultation. However, there is a significant need for increased focus on systems issues affecting medicines safety in pharmacy.
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PDA responds to PSNI Guidance on Raising Concerns
Thu 28th February 2019
The PSNI consulted with stakeholders from 29 January to 11 February 2019 on its Guidance on Raising Concerns. The PSNI Council recommended that only minor changes needed to be made to the guidance and therefore only consulted with certain stakeholders such as the PDA, rather than making this a public consultation.
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PDA responds to the BEIS Ethnicity Pay Reporting Consultation
Sun 17th February 2019
The PDA recently responded to a government consultation on potentially requiring businesses to report ethnicity pay gaps.
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PDA responds to GPhC’s consultation on the draft 2019 fees rules
Fri 15th February 2019
The GPhC has been consulting from 1 November 2018 to 24 January 2019 on changing its fees for registered pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy premises.
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PDA responds to the DHSC’s Informal consultation on urgent changes to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012
Tue 8th January 2019
Prompted by the preparations for the UK’s exit from the EU, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is proposing some changes to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 to ensure the continuity of the supply of medicines when the UK leaves the EU, including in a ‘no deal’ scenario.
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PSNI consultation on indicative sanctions guidance
Wed 7th November 2018
The PDA responded to the PSNI (Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland)’s consultation on new Indicative Sanctions Guidance for its Statutory Committee. The Statutory Committee considers and adjudicates on serious Fitness to Practise allegations made against pharmacists in Northern Ireland.
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PDA responds to the GPhC’s consultation on its Publication and Disclosure Policy
Tue 16th October 2018
The GPhC consulted from 5 July 2018 until 14 September 2018 on changes to its publication and disclosure policy in relation to individuals subject to fitness to practice proceedings.
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PDA respond to GPhC’s consultation on safer online pharmacy services
Thu 27th September 2018
The GPhC have proposed that online pharmacies will have to put in place new safeguards to protect people who want to obtain medicines online, including opiates, antibiotics, asthma inhalers and Botox.