Member Voice

• Education, time, and effort: facing challenges together as a community

  Thu 1st June 2023 The PDA

  PDA LGBT+ Network member, Sebastian Sarama (he/him) shares his views on LGBT+ visibility in healthcare, the stigma and mental health issues members of the LGBT+ community face. Sebastian also shares the importance of embracing diversity and acceptance.  

• “It doesn’t make it any easier” – A queer pharmacist’s account of miscarriage

  Wed 24th May 2023 The PDA

  In this latest member voice, a PDA LGBT+ Network member shares her story of IVF and miscarriage. 

• NAWP members open up about fertility problems and pregnancy loss

  Wed 24th May 2023 The PDA

  NAWP members have come together to share their personal experiences of fertility problems and pregnancy loss. 

• My experience of working in community pharmacy

  Mon 15th May 2023 The PDA

  In our latest member voice article, a PDA member discusses their experience working in community pharmacy and why the culture needs to be challenged within some organisations.  

• Hospital pharmacy: the value of being a PDA Hospital Rep

  Tue 21st March 2023 The PDA

  Andrew Jukes, hospital pharmacist, and PDA Hospital Rep believes many pharmacists enjoy working in the hospital environment. However, here Andrew discusses the issues hospital pharmacists are reporting and the value being a PDA Hospital Rep can provide.  

• Being a Primary Care Network pharmacist and what the PDA means to me

  Tue 21st March 2023 The PDA

  Neera Goel, PDA Rep, PDA West and Wales Committee member, and Primary Care Network (PCN) pharmacist shares the obstacles they have faced in their role and the ways these obstacles were overcome. Neera also discusses what it means to them to be a PDA member and a PDA Rep.  

• My experience as a PDA Rep

  Mon 20th March 2023 The PDA

  PDA National Rep for LloydsPharmacy, Anjlee Shah shares her experience about being a rep and encourages others to get involved. 

• Students, start your own ‘Medicines to Ukraine’ campaign at your university

  Wed 15th March 2023 The PDA

  PDA Student Rep, Nonyelum Anigbo talks about a unique opportunity for pharmacy students to get involved with the worldwide humanitarian campaign 'Medicines to Ukraine' and to develop and demonstrate transferable skills like leadership, project management, and advocacy along the way. 

• PDA Student Reps in action, the GFTU Young Members Development Weekend

  Tue 24th January 2023 The PDA

  Noni Anigbo is a 3rd year pharmacy student at Keele University and a PDA Student Rep. In November they attended the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) Young Member’s Development Weekend and has since reflected on their experience. 

• A warning before starting a new role

  Wed 7th December 2022 The PDA

  An anonymous PDA member hopes their experience can function as a warning to other pharmacists who move from one area of practice to another. Their career nearly ended after moving into a new role working for an online pharmacy as a prescribing pharmacist.  

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