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• 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 launches the Medicines to Gaza Campaign

  Wed 4th September 2024 The PDA

  The successful Medicines to Ukraine campaign was part of a European collaboration which raised more than £4.5 million for medicines for Ukraine. The PDA is delighted to announce that the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) and national pharmacy leadership organisations from across four different regions of the world will now join the PDA to support a humanitarian relief campaign called ‘Medicines to Gaza’. 

• Navigating the future: The crucial role of ethics and governance of AI integration in pharmacy

  Wed 4th September 2024 The PDA

  As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve, community pharmacist and Chair of PDA’s Southeast Regional Committee, Nav Bhogal explores AI’s role in pharmacy. Nav also questions how AI can be governed and used ethically when dealing with patient safety and trust.  

• Inequalities in Health Alliance welcomes the government’s commitment to tackle health inequalities

  Mon 2nd September 2024 The PDA

  The IHA (Inequalities in Health Alliance) has released an open letter to Andrew Gwynne MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health and Prevention, welcoming the government’s commitment to tackle health inequalities.  

• 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.  

• 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. 

• PDA asks members to help improve diversity data

  Thu 29th August 2024 The PDA

  The PDA is inviting all PDA members to provide diversity information to help the PDA improve its work on equality. 

• Boots UK pharmacists receive bonus negotiated by the PDA

  Thu 29th August 2024 The PDA

  Following last year’s successful negotiations between the PDA Union and Boots UK, pharmacists working at Boots have now received a non-consolidated £750 pro rata payment. 

• PDA issues advisory information on the legal dispensing of methadone via instalment prescriptions

  Wed 28th August 2024 The PDA

  A recent Coroner's Prevention of Future Deaths report has highlighted the actions of a responsible pharmacist as being a contributory factor to a patient's death. Their actions did not comply with controlled drug legislation. In response to this, the PDA is issuing an advisory note on the legal dispensing of methadone via instalment prescriptions. 

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