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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.
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Pharmacists echo poor working conditions faced in NHS hospitals
Tue 7th March 2023
This is the story of every Trust up and down the country with NHS staff facing immense pressures which, hand in hand with staff shortages, is producing the perfect storm.
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PDA members highlight pressures relating to medicines supply issues
Tue 7th March 2023
PDA members recently participated in a survey during the week before Christmas 2022 at the height of challenges around medicines availability, some of the PDA’s findings were featured in a recent Health Service Journal article about shortages.
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The workforce impact of pharmacists working in Primary Care – what does the data tell us?
Wed 15th December 2021
The PDA shares data regarding the workforce impact of additional pharmacist roles in primary care and bust the myth that it has created a shortage.
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Pharmacy teams encouraged to join trade unions as health and safety at work issues become higher profile
Tue 12th May 2020
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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View from a community pharmacist
Thu 1st November 2018
One recent letter summed up so much of what we hear from members across community pharmacy, that we decided to publish it. We have kept the individual’s name and their employer anonymous because we know that what they describe here is experienced by pharmacists working for many different employers across community pharmacy.
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PDA launch “Safer Pharmacies Charter”
Wed 6th December 2017
The PDA has produced a charter of seven commitments to improve safety and care for patients. It appeals for improved staffing arrangements and working conditions for pharmacists which will enhance patient safety considerations in UK pharmacy practice. This charter defines basic standards to ensure safe practice wherever pharmacists work.
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Academic MUR Research Bolsters PDA View
Mon 10th October 2016
The PDA has long since been telling anyone who would listen about the abuse of pharmacists by managers hell-bent on achieving MUR targets. Now a recently published piece of research started six years ago has scientifically bolstered its view.
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MUR Update
Sat 17th July 2010
The revenue generated by MURs has become a very important and substantial source of revenue for some large organisations especially with Category M income falling.
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Workplace Pressures Campaign – Is the RPSGB the solution or part of the problem?
Sat 17th July 2010
The PDA recalls numerous meetings going back over several years with senior RPSGB officials, prior to spring 2009, where it tried to push the Society into acting on workplace pressures faced by pharmacists.