Member Networks

• 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'.  

• Join the PDA at The Pharmacy Show 2024

  Thu 22nd August 2024 The PDA

  The Pharmacy Show returns to Birmingham this October (13-14) to offer UK community and primary care pharmacists, education, and networking opportunities. The PDA is proud to once again support the show and will deliver two sessions this year; 'Standing Up for Sitting Down' and 'PDA Safer Pharmacies Charter.' 

• PDA NAWP Network launches Spotlight on Periods

  Tue 9th July 2024 The PDA

  The latest NAWP Spotlight, ‘Period Matters’ aims to raise awareness of the impact that periods can have, both physically and mentally, on women in the workplace. 

• PDA encourages members to stand up for sitting down

  Wed 3rd July 2024 The PDA

  On Tuesday 4 June, the PDA held an online event to launch the PDA Ability Network’s new campaign, ‘Standing Up for Sitting Down’. The campaign aims to raise awareness of disability discrimination and calls on employers to make appropriate and ongoing reasonable adjustments. 

• PDA calls for zero tolerance for disability discrimination in the workplace

  Wed 26th June 2024 The PDA

  The PDA Ability Network is continuing its ‘Standing up for Sitting Down’ campaign and as part of this the PDA is encouraging and supporting employers to work with PDA Reps and active members to have zero tolerance for disability discrimination in the workplace.  

• PDA calls on employers to make reasonable adjustments

  Wed 19th June 2024 The PDA

  As part of the PDA Ability Network's ‘Standing up for Sitting Down’ campaign, the PDA is calling on employers to make appropriate and ongoing reasonable adjustments for employees with disabilities and health conditions, which are regularly reviewed. 

• PDA NAWP Network invites nominations for upcoming elections

  Mon 17th June 2024 The PDA

  Three positions are available: President, Vice-President, and Honorary Secretary. Details of the roles can be found below. 

• Your rights under the Equality Act 2010

  Wed 12th June 2024 The PDA

  As part of the PDA Ability Network’s ‘Standing up for Sitting Down’ campaign, the network is asking members to ensure that they understand their rights under the Equality Act 2010 as a pharmacist, trainee pharmacist, or a pharmacy student with disabilities and assert these rights. 

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