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• PDA to attend Clinical Pharmacy Congress 2024

  Sat 13th April 2024 The PDA

  This year, the PDA will be running two new sessions at the Clinical Pharmacy Congress (CPC). The sessions, titled ‘Stopping racism at the front line of pharmacy’ and ‘How to improve your T&Cs and protect your interests while working in GP practice’, have been designed to share knowledge and improve the working lives of pharmacists. 

• PDA donations to Pharmacist Support exceed £250,000

  Sat 13th April 2024 The PDA

  Every year the PDA donates £1 per member to the profession’s independent charity, Pharmacist Support. Since 2017, the PDA has committed to making this contribution on an ongoing basis to support the work of the charity and can reveal that these donations now exceed £250k. 

• Partha Kar talks about Physician Associates and concerns over patient safety

  Fri 12th April 2024 The PDA

  Given some overlap with the debate about roles in pharmacy, the PDA has asked a leading physician, Professor Partha Kar to share his views on the current debate about the role of Physicians Associates (PAs) and the concerns over patient safety.  

• Pharmacy First: pressure mounts on pharmacists as threshold approaches

  Thu 11th April 2024 The PDA

  Some PDA members in England are reporting increasing pressure from their management around the performance of the Pharmacy First Service as the minimum activity thresholds increase. 

• PDA to submit three motions at STUC Congress 2024

  Mon 8th April 2024 The PDA

  Later this month, the PDA will be attending the STUC Congress 2024 to progress three motions that aim to improve the working lives of pharmacists in Scotland. 

• PDA fights discrimination at the front line

  Sun 7th April 2024 The PDA

  The PDA has shared a recent example of discrimination and the unfair treatment of a pharmacist on maternity leave and how the PDA helped the affected member receive their proper maternity pay.  

• PDA update for members in Northern Ireland

  Sat 6th April 2024 The PDA

  PDA National Officer, Una O'Farrell has contacted members in Northern Ireland to update them on the PDA's recent activities. 

• PDA responds to prescription charge increases in England

  Fri 5th April 2024 The PDA

  The Westminster government have confirmed their decision to increase prescription charges again from May 2024.  

• PDA wishes Claire Ward good luck in election as Mayor of East Midlands

  Fri 5th April 2024 The PDA

  PDA Director of Public Affairs, Claire Ward, is a candidate for election as East Midlands Mayor. The election will take place on 2 May 2024 to choose the first person to hold the new role. 

• PDA NAWP Network’s International Women’s Day event: Women and Inclusion in Pharmacy

  Thu 4th April 2024 The PDA

  The PDA NAWP Network hosted its annual International Women's Day event on Friday 8 March. As this year’s theme for International Women’s Day was inclusion the event focused on women and inclusion in pharmacy and allowed those in attendance to share their personal stories of discrimination while experiencing breast and cervical cancer.  

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