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Appeals process for candidates that sat the registration assessment in June 2022
Thu 28th July 2022
The PDA is urging all candidates who sat the June 2022 assessment and feel that they have grounds to appeal on receipt of their results to review the GPhC guidance and gather all evidence before taking action.
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NHS pay award England, Wales, and Northern Ireland fails to address the cost of living crisis
Tue 26th July 2022
For pharmacists, the NHS pay award falls below even the headline increase of 4.5%. Paul Moloney, PDA Union National Officer looks at the pay award announced on 18 July which applies to PDA members working in the NHS in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The Scottish government had previously announced a proposed 5% increase in Scotland.
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The PDA sign the Disability Employment Charter
Fri 22nd July 2022
The PDA have joined over with 100 organisations including charities, trade unions and others to sign the Disability Employment Charter, a document that provides government with a road map for change as it develops the next phases of its National Disability Strategy.
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Registration for PDA Education Summer School is now open!
Fri 22nd July 2022
PDA Education has launched a summer school programme which PDA members can now register for. The programme launches with an all-members workshop which then runs over through August and September.
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PDA LGBT+ Network praise the introduction of pronoun badges at LloydsPharmacy
Wed 20th July 2022
The PDA LGBT+ Network has welcomed the news that LloydsPharmacy has introduced personal pronouns on name badges and are encouraging colleagues to wear them.
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Insight Online – July 2022
Tue 19th July 2022
This month, read about PDA Chairman, Mark Koziol's reflection on his recent visit to Ukraine as he takes medicines funded by EPhEU into the conflict zone. Also, read about pharmacy owners in Scotland being allowed to close their pharmacies on Saturdays and an announcement of job reductions at NHS England.
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PDA publish open letter demanding action on patient safety concerns around pharmacy closures
Tue 19th July 2022
The PDA have published an open letter, that has been sent to Government Health Secretaries, Chief Executives of the National Health Service, NHS Chief Pharmaceutical Officers and Chief Executive of Pharmacy Regulators across the UK, demanding urgent action to prevent unnecessary pharmacy closures
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Locums report being told to reduce agreed shift rates or be cancelled.
Tue 19th July 2022
One of the largest pharmacy chains in the UK, and a leading member of the Company Chemists Association, has been contacting some locum pharmacists to demand they either accept lower rates for work they have already contracted with the company, or the shift will be cancelled. It seems the company has simultaneously told thousands of their social media followers that a national shortage of pharmacists is causing them to close pharmacies.
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Urgent alert for online prescribing pharmacists working in the private sector
Mon 18th July 2022
The PDA has previously cautioned pharmacist prescribers who work for online pharmacies about the specific risks associated with remote prescribing using a questionnaire-based model, typically with no direct prescriber/patient interaction. This is a further urgent alert.
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PDA BAME Network launches Anti-racist Pharmacy Toolkit
Mon 18th July 2022
The PDA BAME Committee officially launched the Anti-Racist Pharmacy Toolkit, which was announced at the 2022 Clinical Pharmacy Congress.