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Pharmacists concerned at Data breach
Tue 18th December 2018
PDA Union members have alerted us that Well Pharmacy have inadvertently emailed out a spreadsheet containing data about pharmacists, in a significant data breach. The spreadsheet was attached to an email titled “Xmas Payments” and was sent last week to locum pharmacists. The PDA does not know how many people received the information.
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Boots Pharmacists: February Ballot is a chance to raise thousands for charity
Tue 18th December 2018
A second ballot of pharmacists at Boots relating to the trade union recognition arrangements at the company will bring with it another opportunity for charity fundraising, as the PDA Union have confirmed they will once again give £1 to charity for each vote cast in the ballot, regardless of which way Boots pharmacist and pre-registration pharmacists vote.
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PDA Union support Health Campaigns Together
Thu 13th December 2018
PDA Union members care about patients, the National Health Service and healthcare in the UK overall and that’s why the PDA Union are working with Health Campaigns Together (HCT).
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PDA calls on DHSC to confirm plans for BREXIT
Thu 13th December 2018
The PDA has continuously said that any changes to regulations, procedures or practice need to be properly considered, developed, agreed and communicated in advance of implementation. As the countdown to BREXIT approaches 100 days, the PDA is calling on the government to be absolutely transparent with their plans for pharmacy and clarify exactly what they intend to do.
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PDA sponsor RPS Wales Medicines Safety Conference
Mon 10th December 2018
The PDA were delighted to be a sponsor at the 8th annual RPS Wales Medicines Safety conference, which saw expert speakers from different sectors of practice come together on a subject which unites the profession perhaps more than any other - patient safety.
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Insight magazine – Winter 2018
Mon 10th December 2018
In this edition, we describe our proposals and set out our programme of work, some of it in tandem with other pharmacy organisations. We urge you to support us in these initiatives and we invite you to attend one of our conference events in 2019.
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Trainee pharmacists (called pre-reg until end of summer 2021) – join PDA as a Christmas gift to yourself
Fri 7th December 2018
Trainee pharmacists (called pre-reg until end of summer 2021) can gift themselves the benefits of PDA membership for FREE this Christmas and become part of the only independent UK trade union that is exclusively for pharmacists and trainee pharmacists.
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Can the APTUK claim to be a representative body for pharmacy technicians?
Thu 6th December 2018
The Health and Care Professions Council requires any occupational group that wishes to be recognised as a healthcare profession to demonstrate that membership of its prospective professional body accounts for at least 25% of the occupation’s practitioners.
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Is the GPhC premises inspection process failing on the staffing standard?
Mon 3rd December 2018
Through the calls received to our helpline and the information PDA members provide in patient safety surveys, we regularly monitor member concerns regarding working environments and the adverse systemic effect this can have on patient safety.
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BAME pharmacists more likely to face FTP panels
Mon 3rd December 2018
Information from the GPhC has revealed that Pharmacists who are Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) are not only disproportionately represented among those pharmacists who are subject to Fitness to Practise (FtP) procedures but also less likely to share the same ethnicity as the decision makers sitting in judgement on their case.