Member Networks

• PDA LGBT+ Network marches at Manchester Pride 2025

  Sat 20th September 2025 The PDA

  For the fourth year in a row, the PDA LGBT+ Network proudly joined thousands of others in the heart of Manchester to celebrate Pride 2025, continuing their commitment to visibility, inclusion, and solidarity within the pharmacy profession.  

• PDA BAME Network comments on NHS pay disparity review

  Thu 11th September 2025 The PDA

  The NHS Race and Health Observatory (RHO) commission is due to do a review of the ‘unjust’ NHS ethnic pay gap. The PDA BAME Network has commented on this project and welcomes the review, as it hopes to see change within the NHS.  

• Adam Somerville elected as the 3rd President of the PDA LGBT+ Network

  Thu 4th September 2025 The PDA

  The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT+) Pharmacists' Network would like to thank everyone who took part in the elections. The Network is now pleased to announce the newly elected Officers who will also be working closely with the other PDA Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Networks. 

• Sir Keir Starmer responds to the PDA BAME Network’s letter regarding the Immigration White Paper

  Fri 1st August 2025 The PDA

  Following the launch of the government’s latest Immigration White Paper and in particular the comments made on 12 May 2025 at the press conference about the risk of the UK becoming “an island of strangers” rather than “a nation that walks forward together,” members of the PDA BAME Network felt it appropriate to add their voices to those expressing concern about some of the narrative used by the UK government. 

• Breaking barriers: Encouraging young women to lead in pharmacy

  Sat 5th July 2025 The PDA

  This year, Ayah Abbass, clinical pharmacist and Immediate Past President of the PDA NAWP Network was invited to speak at Batley Girls’ High School’s Careers Breakfast event. Here she reflects on her experience of the day and what it was like to speak with those who may help shape and lead the future of not just pharmacy but other sectors.  

• PDA responds to disability and ethnicity pay gap reporting

  Tue 24th June 2025 The PDA

  The PDA has responded to the government’s consultation seeking views on how to introduce mandatory ethnicity and disability pay reporting for large employers (those with 250 or more employees).  

• PDA LGBT+ Network invites nominations for upcoming 2025 elections

  Wed 18th June 2025 The PDA

  Every two years, members of the PDA LGBT+ Pharmacists’ Network can elect three officers, who will lead the network and work alongside the Immediate Past President and co-opted committee members. 

• LGBT+ Pharmacists’ Network Newsletter – June 2025

  Sat 14th June 2025 The PDA

  The latest LGBT+ Pharmacists’ Network newsletter covers ‘Barriers to LGBTQ+ career progression in the UK,’ a report published by Pride in Leadership. The PDA LGBT+ Network also invites nominations for the upcoming 2025 elections and invites network members to join them at Manchester Pride. Read more here.  

• Celebrating 5 years of the PDA EDI Networks

  Mon 28th April 2025 The PDA

  This month, three PDA Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Networks turn 5: the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Pharmacists’ Network (BAME Network), the Disabled Pharmacists’ Network (Ability Network), and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pharmacists’ Network (LGBT+ Network). 

• NAWP Network shares Fawcett Society initiative on using storytelling to enact change

  Thu 27th March 2025 The PDA

  In celebration of International Women’s Day 2025, former NAWP President Naina Chotai shares her experience of attending a Fawcett Society talk “Storytelling and Activism through a Feminist Lens.” This event explored how documentaries and investigative journalism challenge injustice, amplify women’s voices, and drive feminist activism.  

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