Member Networks

• PDA BAME Network Newsletter – October 2024

  Thu 3rd October 2024 The PDA

  Welcome to the PDA BAME Network Newsletter. In this issue, learn about our upcoming ‘Reclaiming Narratives’ Black History Month event and how you can secure your free place; a member reflects on our recent 'Tea and Unity' safe space event, and find out what recent ethnicity data tells us about pharmacy education.  

• My experience of racism in the UK

  Thu 3rd October 2024 The PDA

  GP practice pharmacist, Dr Tarvinder S Juss reflects on his journey to become a pharmacist and how his ancestral background impacted his experience of the UK after moving here from Africa in 1968. Dr Tarvinder also discusses the recent race riots in the UK and diversity and inclusion.  

• PDA BAME Network invites nominations for upcoming elections

  Mon 23rd September 2024 The PDA

  Three positions are available: President, Vice-President, and Honorary Secretary.  

• NAWP encourages pharmacists to take part in Wear it Pink

  Sun 8th September 2024 The PDA

  Friday 18 October 2024 is Wear it Pink day, which is one of the biggest fundraising events in the UK. The event, created by the UK’s largest breast cancer charity, Breast Cancer Now, raises money to support breast cancer research. 

• PDA LGBT+ Network attends Manchester Pride 2024

  Fri 6th September 2024 The PDA

  For the third year in a row, the PDA LGBT+ Network was proud to return and take part in Manchester Pride 2024. The annual Pride parade takes place on August Bank holiday weekend and this year fell on Saturday 24 August. 

• PDA BAME Network launches factsheet to mark Sickle Cell Awareness Month

  Sun 1st September 2024 The PDA

  To mark Sickle Cell Awareness Month, the PDA BAME Network has published a factsheet to help raise awareness of the disease and help employers understand that pharmacists diagnosed with sickle cell may need time off work for medical appointments and treatment.  

• Observing Sickle Cell Awareness Month 2024

  Sun 1st September 2024 The PDA

  As September marks Sickle Cell Awareness Month, in this member voice, PDA BAME Network member, Ewura-Adjoa Yamoah discusses the importance of raising awareness around the disease. She also encourages everyone who is potentially at risk to check their sickle cell status and explains how pharmacists can help the cause. 

• Sickle Cell Disease in the UK: A Call to Action for Pharmacists

  Sun 1st September 2024 The PDA

  The PDA BAME Network has published this report, compiled by co-opted committee member Deborah Nyaberi, on sickle cell disease. The report contains information on the disease, including prevention, the current treatment options, and how pharmacists can come together to improve care and equality 

• Lourette Latif Philips elected as the 50th President of NAWP

  Sat 31st August 2024 The PDA

  The PDA is pleased to announce that Lourette Latif Philips, a Community and Prison Locum Pharmacist, has been elected unopposed as the new President of the PDA NAWP (National Association of Women Pharmacists) Network. 

• My South Asian coming out experience

  Mon 26th August 2024 The PDA

  An anonymous clinical pharmacist has shared their coming out experience as a South Asian woman who feared risking disownment and abandonment by their family and society due to their sexual identity. They also share how they feared being found out at work due to pharmacy being 'a small world'.  

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