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PDA supports citizen group petition to save community pharmacies from closure
Tue 15th December 2020
The PDA have added their support to a petition organised by Grassroots campaigning organisation, 38 Degrees, that calls on the Westminster government to recompense pharmacies for the extra costs they have incurred by staying open to provide health services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Community pharmacists given final opportunity to share their experience of working during COVID-19
Fri 13th November 2020
The PDA urgently invites all community pharmacists to participate in a survey which looks at how pharmacists’ knowledge about COVID-19, attitude to managing COVID-19 and practice has changed as a result of providing community pharmacy services during the pandemic.
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PDA say health & safety must be priority after Community pharmacists raise concerns over instructions to avoid test and trace rules
Fri 23rd October 2020
The PDA Union is hearing from employed pharmacists at several multiples who have been instructed by their employers to turn off the NHS COVID-19 test and trace app when at work and worryingly some pharmacists are being told to refuse to ‘self-isolate’ if contacted by track and trace in respect of a colleague who has tested positive. This is also a significant concern for locum members who may be working in these multiples’ pharmacies.
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PDA member survey shows prescription charges in England regularly prevent patients from receiving their medicines
Fri 23rd October 2020
The results of a survey of PDA members reveals widespread occurrences of patients being unable to afford to pay for the medicines they need. The PDA is a member of the Prescription Charges Coalition, a group of organisations calling on the UK Government to scrap prescription charges in England for people with long-term conditions.
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PDA attend the 9th annual congress of EPhEU
Fri 16th October 2020
PDA provided the UK delegation to the annual congress of EPhEU – the Association of Employed Community Pharmacists in Europe in October 2020. Due to the pandemic the congress was held virtually for the first time.