LGBT+

• Celebrating 5 years of the PDA EDI Networks

  Mon 28th April 2025 The PDA

  This month, three PDA Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Networks turn 5: the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Pharmacists’ Network (BAME Network), the Disabled Pharmacists’ Network (Ability Network), and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pharmacists’ Network (LGBT+ Network). 

• Reflections on a HIV quality improvement project

  Wed 27th November 2024 The PDA

  In this latest Member Voice article, Clinical Pharmacist and member of the PDA LGBT+ Network, Adam Somerville, explains the importance of pharmacists being knowledgeable about HIV. He also discusses his own experience of delivering a teaching session on HIV to the pharmacy department at his trust. 

• PDA LGBT+ Network attends Manchester Pride 2024

  Fri 6th September 2024 The PDA

  For the third year in a row, the PDA LGBT+ Network was proud to return and take part in Manchester Pride 2024. The annual Pride parade takes place on August Bank holiday weekend and this year fell on Saturday 24 August. 

• My South Asian coming out experience

  Mon 26th August 2024 The PDA

  An anonymous clinical pharmacist has shared their coming out experience as a South Asian woman who feared risking disownment and abandonment by their family and society due to their sexual identity. They also share how they feared being found out at work due to pharmacy being 'a small world'.  

• LGBT+ Pharmacists’ Network Newsletter – June 2024

  Thu 6th June 2024 The PDA

  This update coincides with Pride Month which is celebrated as a way of raising awareness of issues affecting the LGBT+ community along with promoting acceptance and equality. Also, find out how to join the network at Manchester Pride!  

• Rainbow Reads! LGBTQ Books for Pride Month 2024

  Wed 5th June 2024 The PDA

  Guest writer David Wright (he/him) is Associate Library Director for User Experience at the University of Southampton. With a career that spans over 30 years and includes work in public, special and academic libraries, he describes himself as an elder of the LGBTQ community who is as passionate now about diversity and inclusion as he was when he first came out as a gay man in the early 1980s. Here he recommends some reading especially for the PDA LGBT+ Network. 

• Using healthcare data to improve the services and experiences of LGBT+ patients

  Tue 4th June 2024 The PDA

  In our latest member voice article, Community Pharmacist and Researcher, Charlotte Jones discusses the importance of monitoring LGBT+ identifiers to improve the services and experiences of LGBT+ patients. 

• Being LGBT+ and diagnosed with ASD

  Thu 16th May 2024 The PDA

  President of the PDA LGBT+ Network, Liam Volk has shared his personal experience of being diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and how this has impacted his life as a person in the LGBT+ community. 

• Intersection Update – December 2023

  Fri 15th December 2023 The PDA

  Intersection is the PDA's newsletter bringing together news from all four PDA Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Networks. We encourage all PDA members to get involved in the networks that are of interest to them. 

• PDA EDI Networks respond to former Secretary of State’s letter about diversity and inclusion

  Fri 15th December 2023 The PDA

  The former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Steve Barclay wrote to NHS organisations in England asking them to cease hiring dedicated equality and diversity staff. 

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