Special Features

• Stop Press: CAC rules in PDAU favour over Boots

  Wed 30th January 2013 The PDA

  The Central Arbitration Committee has ruled that PDAU's application for collective bargaining rights within Boots can proceed to the next stage 

• Progress report on PDA union recognition in Boots

  Fri 21st December 2012 PDA Union

  The PDA Union has been made aware of a Boots statement with reference to our application for union recognition. 

• Boots Recognition – Register your interest

  October 2012 PDA Union

  Following on from the recent features in the PDA’s Insight magazine about the recognition of the PDA Union by Boots we invite you to register your interest in the proposal going forward on a confidential basis. Please see the Autumn 2012 Insight Magazine (Boots Edition) for more information. If you have any specific concerns or […] 

• P meds on self-selection. GPhC decision must be challenged

  Mon 17th September 2012 The PDA

  In its submission to the GPhC consultation on standards for registered pharmacies, the PDA was not alone in setting out its very firm objections to the notion that P medicines should be allowed on self-selection in community pharmacies. 

• PDA submits Road Map proposals to Scottish Government

  Thu 9th August 2012 The PDA

  The Pharmacists' Defence Association has submitted its 'Road Map for Scotland' proposals for strategic change, to the Scottish Government's review of NHS pharmaceutical care of patients in the community. 

• The joint campaign to seek decriminalisation of dispensing errors

  Wed 14th March 2012 The PDA

  Over the last 4 months the bodies in pharmacy have been working together in an unprecedented way to try and deliver a solution to the problem of the criminalisation of dispensing errors. 

• Decriminalisation: A Joint Press Release

  Wed 14th March 2012 The PDA

  Over the last 4 months the bodies in pharmacy have been working together in an unprecedented way to try and deliver a solution to the problem of the criminalisation of dispensing errors. On Tuesday 13th of March an important debate was held in the Houses of Parliament on this matter. 

• Discussions with Alliance Boots re formal union recognition under way

  Mon 27th February 2012 PDA Union

  PDA Union has formally applied to Alliance Boots for a recognition agreement. This is what we hope will be one of regular bulletins as to progress of our application 

• PDA Union seeks formal recognition from Alliance Boots

  Mon 23rd January 2012 PDA Union

  In a historic development the PDA Union has applied to Alliance Boots for formal recognition as the trade union for pharmacists within the company. If successful, this would allow the PDA Union to act on behalf of its Boots employee members in consultation and negotiations over terms and conditions. 

• Boots Pharmacists urged to Seize The Day

  Fri 20th January 2012 PDA Union

  This feature reports on two developments which could change the way pharmacists’ relationship with Alliance Boots will function in the future. If the approach taken in this organisation is successful, then it may be possible to establish similar arrangements with other pharmacy employers. 

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