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• RPS National Pharmacy Boards Elections 2024 – England

  Tue 23rd April 2024 The PDA

  The PDA has offered candidates of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) National Board Elections 2024 in England the opportunity to tell PDA members their views on key issues. 

• A pharmacist’s role and responsibility in the delivery of ATMPs

  Sun 21st April 2024 The PDA

  In our latest member voice article, Shingi M Mutamba, Lead Pharmacist AT(I)MP and Accountable Pharmacist at the Pharmacy Advanced Therapy Unit of University Hospital Southampton NHSFT, discusses a pharmacist’s role and responsibility in the delivery of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs). 

• PDA calls for greater transparency on Leadership Advisory Board membership

  Fri 19th April 2024 The PDA

  The PDA urges the new Leadership Advisory Board to be open and transparent with pharmacists if it hopes to gain their confidence. 

• Lloyds/Sainsbury’s enhanced redundancy claims update – April 2024

  Thu 18th April 2024 The PDA

  The PDA has issued an update for members who are former Sainsbury’s pharmacists taking legal proceedings against 'LloydsPharmacy' to secure an entitlement to enhanced redundancy payments. This update comes following the delayed preliminary hearing which was held on 2 April 2024. 

• PDA Ability Network releases initial findings from the disability discrimination survey

  Wed 17th April 2024 The PDA

  In February 2024, the PDA Ability Network launched its disability discrimination survey to establish the extent of discrimination faced in the workplace by pharmacists who are disabled or live with a long-term health condition. Initial findings show that there is a lot of work to be done to make workplaces more inclusive.  

• PDA continues to support the BPSA Annual Conference

  Tue 16th April 2024 The PDA

  The PDA was pleased to be involved in the Annual BPSA (British Pharmaceutical Students' Association) Conference for another year. This year the conference took place from 31 March to 7 April and was held at the University of East Anglia.  

• 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. 

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