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We will keep you informed of any general developments by posting any news that is relevant to the individual pharmacist agenda on this section of the site.

  • PDA calls on the government to tackle inequality in pharmacy

    Wed 22nd November 2023 The PDA

    This Equal Pay Day, the PDA is asking the government to take meaningful action to resolve the gender pay gap by tackling the root causes of inequality. 

  • Celebrating Disability History Month 2023

    Tue 21st November 2023 The PDA

    Disability History Month is running from 16 November to 16 December 2023 and is an annual event focusing on the history of disability and the struggle for equality and human rights.  

  • World AMR Awareness Week

    Mon 20th November 2023 The PDA

    From 18 to 25 November it is World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) and the main theme for this #WAAW is ‘Preventing antimicrobial resistance together’. Therefore, the PDA would like to provide an update on how they are addressing some of the AMR issues within a multidisciplinary framework and how PDA members can get involved in this fight against AMR. 

  • PDA calls on pharmacists to support World AMR Awareness Week 2023

    Fri 17th November 2023 The PDA

    The PDA is supporting World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) and is encouraging pharmacists to get involved in the campaign and become antibiotic guardians.  

  • PDA LGBT+ Network speaks out against transphobic rhetoric

    Thu 16th November 2023 The PDA

    Following the statements by some senior government ministers at their party conference in October and the subsequent decision to reverse the commitment on banning conversion therapy, the PDA’s LGBT+ Network wholly condemns transphobic rhetoric, including comments relating to wards in hospital trusts across the UK. 

  • PDA responds to GPhC fee decision

    Wed 15th November 2023 The PDA

    The PDA is disappointed that the GPhC have not amended their fee proposal after considering multiple consultation responses which opposed their plans.  

  • PDA to support members at Rowlands concerned with ‘Close, Merge and Divest’ strategy

    Wed 15th November 2023 The PDA

    The PDA is reminding members employed at Rowlands that they can call upon support from the PDA in relation to any potential redundancies or TUPE transfer consultation process. 

  • PDA welcomes Victoria Atkins MP as Health and Social Care Secretary

    Tue 14th November 2023 The PDA

    The PDA welcomes a new Health & Social Care Secretary, but notes with concern this is now the fifth appointment into the role since Matt Hancock resigned in June 2021. 

  • Enter the PDA Luxury Christmas Hamper Competition

    Tue 14th November 2023 The PDA

    The PDA is offering working pharmacists, trainee pharmacists, and pharmacy students in the UK the chance to win a luxury Christmas hamper worth £150!* 

  • PDA supports Respect for Shopworkers Week

    Mon 13th November 2023 The PDA

    This week (13 – 19 November 2023) is Respect for Shopworkers Week; a campaign run by Usdaw which aims to spread the message that violence and abuse against workers is unacceptable. 

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