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PSNI Consultation on Premises Standards for Registered Pharmacies
Tue 17th October 2017
The PSNI is consulting on new Premises Standards for Registered Pharmacies. We invite members to share their views with us to inform our response.
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Press Release: Pharmacists’ Defence Association and National Pharmacy Association ask DH Rebalancing Board to pledge patient safety
Tue 17th October 2017
The PDA and NPA have jointly appealed to members of the Department of Health's Rebalancing Board to adopt a patient safety 'pledge', in the light of growing concerns about a relaxation of pharmacist supervision of medicines supply.
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Press Release: PDA want Pharmacists included in the Assault on Emergency Workers (offences) Bill
Tue 17th October 2017
PDA are calling on members of parliament to include pharmacists in the scope of the Assault on Emergency Workers (offences) Bill being proposed by Chris Bryant MP, and to ensure the bill becomes law.
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Press Release: PDA will never stop responding to concerns raised by our members
Wed 11th October 2017
PDA are responding to the legitimate anxieties and concerns of our members following the leaked publication of discussions from the Rebalancing Board and continue to encourage the profession to engage in a constructive debate about this sensitive situation.
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PDA to bring risk management training to PDA members working in GP Practice Based and Primary Care Pharmacy roles
Fri 6th October 2017
Learning from the incidents handled by PDA, MORPh delivers risk management training for Primary Care and GP practice based pharmacists.
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Press Release: PDA fights to stop the threat of Remote Supervision
Tue 26th September 2017
Emergency Meeting called for Sunday 8th and Monday 9th October at the Pharmacy Show, NEC Birmingham.
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Press Release: PDA calls on parliament to ensure community pharmacy is in scope of Health Service Safety Investigations Body
Thu 21st September 2017
The PDA is asking Parliament to ensure the HSSIB can investigate incidents in community pharmacies.
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Press Release: NHS Pharmacists need a pay rise – PDA Union writes to Pharmacy Minister
Fri 15th September 2017
As the government agree to end the overall 1% pay cap for all public sector workers, the pharmacists' union has called on Steve Brine MP to make sure pharmacists are valued.
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Press Release: PDA response to leaked DoH document on supervision of medicines supply by pharmacy technicians
Thu 14th September 2017
The PDA have responded after the Chemist & Druggist reported the content of a leaked Department of health document.
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Over 1,000 pharmacists at Boots have pledged their support for derecognising the BPA, in just 40 days
Tue 12th September 2017
At the height of the holiday period with pharmacists busy with work and home life, many hard-working pharmacists are not even aware of the process yet, so passing the 1,000 pledges milestone is a very significant achievement in such a brief time.