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Breaking News – Boots exploit legislation to halt PDA Union recognition process
Fri 24th January 2014
The interim determination of the Judicial Review (JR) instigated by Boots last year has been handed down. Boots challenged the Central Arbitration Committee’s (CAC) decision to permit the PDA Union to proceed with its application for collective bargaining on behalf of Boots employed pharmacists and pre-reg trainees.
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Breaking News – PDA Union step closer to gaining formal recognition with Boots
Fri 10th January 2014
The PDA Union has had its application accepted for formal recognition and to represent Boots pharmacists for collective bargaining on pay, hours and holidays.
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PDA proposes cutting student numbers
Mon 18th November 2013
The PDA has made a number of proposals for tackling the looming crisis created by an over-supply of pharmacists.
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PDA presses for a reduction in student numbers
Fri 15th November 2013
The government now recognises that Schools of Pharmacy are producing too many graduates. But what is to be done? The PDA has submitted it proposals.
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PDA responds to HEFCE consultation
November 2013
In its submission to the Higher Education Funding Council for England's (HEFCE's) consultation on 'Ensuring a sustainable supply of pharmacy graduates' the PDA has made a number of proposals for tackling the looming crisis.
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PDA Road Map for England submitted to government
Mon 14th October 2013
In 2010, the PDA undertook a comprehensive strategic review of pharmacist roles and the potential impact their contribution could make on individual patient care and cost efficiency if their skills and accessibility were maximised within the healthcare system. This process took into account not only the views of the pharmacy profession, but also those of patients and the wider healthcare agenda.
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Public Support for Decriminalisation of Dispensing Errors
Sat 12th October 2013
Patients and the public support the decriminalisation dispensing errors. The partners' forum (comprising of pharmacy groups, patients and the public), set up to support the rebalancing programme met on 01/10/13. They agreed with an exemption from criminal sanctions for inadvertent errors.
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Individual pharmacists recognised as being central to new pharmacist roles
Tue 24th September 2013
The Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA) welcomes the publication of the Scottish Government's vision for pharmaceutical care, which puts the individual pharmacist at the very centre of the relationship between patients, their medicines and the NHS in Scotland.
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How To Handle Pressure To Meet MUR Targets
Fri 6th September 2013
Pharmacists can help protect themselves from being disciplined for MUR performance by following some simple steps
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A victory for the individual pharmacist agenda
Thu 29th August 2013
In England the unacceptable situation where commercially driven agendas involve setting targets for MURs and other services provided by pharmacists has largely arisen because it is the owner of the pharmacy and not the pharmacist that is exclusively recognised by the NHS as the service provider.