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Help Pharmacist Support to help the profession – including exam candidates
Sat 13th March 2021
In this pandemic, many candidates for the delayed GPhC 2020 pre-reg assessment are working as provisional pharmacists while having to simultaneously prepare for their exam.
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GPhC extend Provisional Registrant arrangements until 2022 and delay this year’s Summer exam dates
Fri 12th March 2021
The GPhC has announced that they are extending the provisional registrant arrangements until January 2022, and due to an associated delay to the Summer registration exam date, any of the current (20-21) cohort of pre-registration trainees wishing to practice from 1 August will now have to also become provisional registrants until the results are released and they are eligible to join the pharmacist register.
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Understanding when to withdraw and when to nullify for the March 2021 Assessment
Thu 11th March 2021
The GPhC has issued guidance regarding the process leading up to the assessments to be held on the 17 and 18 March, including practice questions and information for the day of the exam.
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Locums in Scotland advised of rights in instances of breach of contract
Thu 11th March 2021
The PDA is advising PDA locum members in Scotland about their contractual rights following complaints that a health board is cancelling booked vaccination shifts without notice.
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Ability Newsletter – March 2021
Wed 10th March 2021
Welcome to the latest Ability Network newsletter - the quarterly mailing that keeps you up-to-date on news, events and issues that relate to disabled pharmacists.
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PDA launches #GetVaccinated campaign resources
Wed 10th March 2021
The PDA #GetVaccinated campaign is calling on all pharmacists to have the COVID-19 vaccine and to help encourage their patients, family and friends, especially those in the BAME community, to do the same.
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Locums in Scotland furious as NHS cancel their vaccination shifts
Wed 10th March 2021
PDA locum members in Scotland are furious after receiving NHS communications saying that the NHS is cancelling their scheduled shifts in the Covid vaccination programme and amending payment arrangements without any prior discussion
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PDA joins the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) PPE Engagement Panel
Tue 9th March 2021
The Department of Health and Social Care is hosting an engagement panel to get feedback from the users of Covid-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) provided through the Government’s PPE portal.
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PDA can support members when their employer changes under a “TUPE Transfer”
Sat 6th March 2021
Though a number of community pharmacies are closing, others are still being bought and sold which often means pharmacists may find they have a new employer. The PDA can provide support and guidance for members at what can be a worrying time.
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PDA announces Regional Committee Election Results
Fri 5th March 2021
Your Regional Committee is made up of elected members, pharmacists like you, from different sectors of the profession who collectively and individually have responsibility for recruiting, engaging and representing members in their region.