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• Organiser (South East) Vacancy

  Thu 12th December 2019 The PDA

  The PDA is delighted to announce that it is seeking an Organiser to join the union’s recently established Organising & Engagement Department.  

• PDA is supporting members that are being transferred out of Boots

  Thu 12th December 2019 The PDA

  The PDA is representing the interests of pharmacists who are being transferred from Boots to a new employer in Derby. We are also making sure that they are not unlawfully disadvantaged by the transfer. 

• PDA student reps attend Young Members Development Weekend

  Wed 11th December 2019 The PDA

  To mark Young Workers Month, the PDA was represented at the GTFU Young Members Development Weekend, which took place from 22nd – 24th November 2019 at Quorn Grange Hotel in Leicestershire.  

• PDA secure over £50,000 in unpaid locum fees for members this year

  Wed 11th December 2019 The PDA

  Over the years, the PDA has secured hundreds of thousands of pounds of outstanding locum fees for members, but 2019 is proving to be the year with the highest value of unpaid fees to date.  

• Wales lead the way in campaign to end violence in pharmacies

  Mon 9th December 2019 The PDA

  Once again, those in Wales are taking the issue of violence in pharmacies very seriously and are increasing their activity to keep pharmacists, pharmacy customers and patients safe from violence. 

• Clear approach to expertise in clinical settings needed

  Fri 6th December 2019 The PDA

  The dynamics and rules of a GP practice are different to those in a pharmacy. Community pharmacists need to be aware of this as they move between the two settings, writes Claire Ward... 

• Apprenticeships: Optometrists see eye to eye with Pharmacists as the two health professions face similar proposals

  Wed 27th November 2019 The PDA

  The PDA team in Birmingham and our representatives across the country have been contacted by optometrists who face a very similar challenge to that encountered by pharmacists as large employers attempt to introduce an apprenticeship scheme, against the wishes of those health professionals. 

• PDA and GHP issue joint statement on apprenticeship proposals

  Mon 25th November 2019 The PDA

  The PDA and Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists (GHP) have issued a joint statement in response to the latest plans to establish an apprenticeship for pharmacists. The two trade unions have also written to Skills for Health today calling on them to listen to the organisations that represent the views of individual pharmacists. 

• Insight Online – November 2019

  Fri 22nd November 2019 The PDA

  Welcome to the latest issue of Insight Online - the regular mailing that keeps you up-to-date on PDA news and events, as well as issues that may affect you at work. 

• Further advice to independent prescribers involved in private online pharmacy services

  Wed 20th November 2019 The PDA

  Further to our last message about the enhanced areas of risk when pharmacists prescribe this alert is directed at independent pharmacist prescribers who provide prescribing services for online pharmacies. 

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