Tragic death of student highlights the need to promote sources of help and...
The PDA wishes to reiterate sincere condolences to the family and friends of pharmacy student Mared Foulkes who took her own life in 2021 after receiving exam results that suggested she had failed,...
View ArticleScottish Pharmacy Award Winners 2021 Announced
The awards paid tribute to all of those consistently working hard in pharmacy and the positive impact they have on their patients and peers. The PDA was delighted to once again sponsor the Student...
View ArticleShould the profession retain the 2-year foundation period before expectation...
The PDA has consistently advocated for the introduction of independent prescribing for pharmacists, however the organisation is continuing to raise the other side of the debate about how soon recently...
View ArticleConclusion of 2021 pay negotiations with Boots UK
Following a special meeting of the PDA Union National Executive Committee (NEC) on Friday evening, the 2021 pay talks with Boots UK have been concluded. The agreed settlement will now be implemented...
View ArticleAttorney General James Urges U.S. Senate to Strengthen Protections for...
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Would Prevent Employers From Pushing Pregnant Workers Out of Their Jobs Over Minor Accommodation Requests.read more
View ArticleU.S. Government Takes Action Against Current and Former Bosnia and...
The Department of State is publicly designating former Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJPC) President Milan Tegeltija and the President of the Movement for...
View ArticlePDA Education Launches Member Learning Needs Survey
PDA Education provides free training to PDA members through its online Education Hub, online live events, courses and workshops and through in-person face-to-face training. In order to identify member...
View ArticlePDA calls on employers and pharmacist organisations to make New Year...
The PDA is encouraging pharmacy employers and pharmacists organisations to donate £1 per pharmacist employee or member to the Pharmacist Support charity and to collectively make a substantive...
View ArticleBoots pharmacists need to join the union
Belonging to a union is an individual choice and although the PDA negotiates pay for the entire bargaining unit of store-based pharmacists at Boots, the union understandably only has the contact...
View ArticleOutpatient Management of Patients with Post-Prematurity Respiratory Disease
Dec. 21, 2021─New recommendations are available to help guide physicians who must determine when and how to treat infants, children and adolescents with post-prematurity respiratory disease (PPRD)....
View ArticlePDA Reps Network in Lloyds hosts virtual member meetings
During these events, members spoke freely and some key themes and concerns emerged including LS Pharmacy, workplace pressures, staffing and communication.read more
View ArticleNew PDA Plus partners Morrish Solicitors enhance benefits offered to PDA members
The PDA is pleased to announce that Morrish Solicitors have been appointed as an additional PDA Plus partner and will enhance the range of specially-negotiated preferential services offered to...
View ArticleDeadline for mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations approaches for health and care...
Although it is estimated that 90% of NHS staff have already been fully vaccinated, health and social care providers in England will soon be required to ensure that all those working in areas regulated...
View ArticlePDA calls on members to complete workforce temperature check survey
The overall state of the UK pharmacist workforce matters to PDA members and is an issue that continues to cause significant debate and discourse around the causes and potential remedies, such as...
View ArticlePDA responds to the DHSC consultation on the NHS Pension Scheme
The scheme was launched in October 2021 and proposes to include basing members’ contribution rates on actual annual salaries and reducing the cross-subsidy between higher and lower earners.read more
View ArticleBoots pharmacists employment concerns as details of proposed hours reductions...
Some PDA members employed at Boots are raising concerns that despite verbal assurances that the company aim to minimise pharmacist job losses, they are being told that proposed changes will reduce...
View ArticlePDA supports the NHS to encourage young people to get their booster
A new campaign encourages 18-34 year-olds to get their Covid-19 booster jab, as uptake among young people is lower than other age groups. The booster vaccine was shown to be 88% effective in preventing...
View ArticlePDA calls on members to help improve diversity data
As any large membership organisation should, the PDA confidentially records diversity information to enable the association to review data and look for any trends relating to protected characteristics...
View ArticlePDA LGBT+ Network responds to government consultation on conversion therapy
In October 2021, the Minister for Women and Equalities launched a consultation on the governmentaÌÂÂs proposed approach to banning conversion therapy. In response, members of the PDA LGBT+ Network...
View ArticleGPhC appoints a new provider to deliver the common registration assessment
Following a competitive process, the BTL Group Ltd was appointed by the GPhC to deliver the common registration assessment sittings it holds jointly with the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland...
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