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PDA joins pharmacy organisations across Europe to show solidarity with the people of Ukraine
Tue 1st March 2022
The Chairman of the PDA, Mark Koziol is also the Secretary General of EPhEU - a European organisation representing the interests of employed community pharmacists. At an executive meeting of EPhEU yesterday it was agreed that the respective member unions work together to show solidarity with the people of Ukraine.
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Boots Pharmacists – New Pharmacy Operating Model hours changes
Thu 17th February 2022
The PDA representative network is receiving further requests for advice regarding informal conversations being held between pharmacists and line managers concerning potential changes to their working hours to match the revised opening hours of their normal place of work.
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Boots’ cuts to hours – FAQ
Wed 16th February 2022
The PDA have published some Frequently Asked Questions and Answers (FAQ) to help members with concerns about the cuts to working hours by Boots.
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Advice to pharmacy students as lecturers take strike action
Mon 14th February 2022
The PDA has issued advice to pharmacy students who may face pickets lines and find that their lecturers and other course staff are not at work due to industrial action by members of the University & College Union (UCU).
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Boots yet to respond to PDA’s request to waive restrictions on pharmacists who face cuts to hours and pay
Tue 1st February 2022
On behalf of members facing company-imposed cuts to their working hours, the PDA requested senior Boots management to waive the contractual clauses that prevent pharmacists from working for other pharmacy employers.
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Pharmacy Hours Reduction – Advice for Relief Pharmacists at Boots
Sun 30th January 2022
Relief Pharmacists at Boots are a population of employees who may have specific concerns about the consequences of the company’s pharmacy opening hours reduction initiative.
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The workforce impact of pharmacists working in Primary Care – what does the data tell us?
Wed 15th December 2021
The PDA shares data regarding the workforce impact of additional pharmacist roles in primary care and bust the myth that it has created a shortage.
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Advice to pharmacy students as lecturers take strike action
Wed 1st December 2021
The PDA has issued advice to pharmacy students who may face pickets lines and find that their lecturers and other course staff are not at work due to industrial action by members of the University & College Union. University staff are striking against unfair conditions including: insecure contracts, unpaid hours, low pay and minority wage gaps, cuts to pensions and more.
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Boots pharmacists pay talks at ACAS begin on 18 November
Thu 11th November 2021
The final stage of the 2021 pay talks for pharmacists at Boots begins on 18 November after no agreement could be reached by the two parties.
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PDA comment as large employers respond to HMRC investigation into tax status of locums
Thu 4th November 2021
The PDA has written to locum members after some large pharmacy contractors have contacted locum pharmacists asking them to provide details of their working arrangements. This is connected to the HMRC investigation into the tax status of locums which forms part of the extension of the IR35 arrangements into the private sector.