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Pharmacists call on Boots to allow maximum voting period in recognition ballot
Fri 18th January 2019
Pharmacists and pre-registration trainees are calling upon Boots to support an application by the PDA Union to request that ballot papers are posted out at the start of the ballot period, to help ensure as many pharmacists as possible can participate in the vote.
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Are the new Defences to criminal prosecution for dispensing errors effective?
Fri 18th January 2019
For years the threat of criminal prosecution for pharmacists who have made an inadvertent dispensing error has been a concern for all pharmacists.
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Lloyds Pharmacy’s parent company has acquired Prescribing Support Services
Tue 15th January 2019
If you are working for Prescribing Support Services you may be subject to organisational or employment changes. Please let us know if you have any issues or concerns.
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Health Education England cuts funding for hospital trainee pharmacists (called pre-reg until end of summer 2021) in England
Fri 11th January 2019
Health Education England has announced a decision to cut funding for hospital trainee pharmacists (called pre-reg until end of summer 2021) placements by up to 25% from 2020 onward.
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Whatever their Brexit view, pharmacists have no control of supply
Fri 11th January 2019
It’s a shame it’s taken a national crisis to recognise pharmacists should be given greater powers to make decisions in patients' interests, says Claire Ward...
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Boots senior management adopt anti-union tactics to try and defeat the vote
Thu 10th January 2019
In the forthcoming recognition ballot, Boots pharmacists have the opportunity to secure an independent voice at work. In preparation, the PDA Union spoke to employment relation experts to understand what pharmacists could expect if an employer wanted to deny its workers independent union representation.
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Department of Health and Social Care publish NHS Long Term Plan
Thu 10th January 2019
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) published its 10-year plan on 7 January 2019, some months after the original planned release date in autumn 2018.
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PDA responds to the DHSC’s Informal consultation on urgent changes to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012
Tue 8th January 2019
Prompted by the preparations for the UK’s exit from the EU, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is proposing some changes to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 to ensure the continuity of the supply of medicines when the UK leaves the EU, including in a ‘no deal’ scenario.
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NHS England misses the opportunity to evidence sustainability of the GP pharmacist role
Mon 7th January 2019
The much-anticipated pilot evaluation of Clinical Pharmacists in General Practice fuelled by the prospect of the first nationwide, 5-year study of the value of pharmacists working in general practice, sadly failed to deliver.
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Pharmacists start countdown to Boots Ballot
Sat 5th January 2019
The end to more than six years of courtroom battles is now in sight and the PDA Union have started a clock counting down the time left before the historic ballot starts.