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PDA releases patient safety survey results (2015 to 2018)
Sat 30th March 2019
The PDA has published the results of three patient safety surveys undertaken over the last three years, including the latest results which directly compare the experience of pharmacists to the basic standards detailed in the Safer Pharmacies Charter.
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Health Campaigns Together endorse Safer Pharmacies Charter
Wed 20th February 2019
Health Campaigns Together have become the latest organisation to endorse the PDA's Safer Pharmacies Charter.
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Pharmacists concerned at Data breach
Tue 18th December 2018
PDA Union members have alerted us that Well Pharmacy have inadvertently emailed out a spreadsheet containing data about pharmacists, in a significant data breach. The spreadsheet was attached to an email titled “Xmas Payments” and was sent last week to locum pharmacists. The PDA does not know how many people received the information.
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PDA Union support Health Campaigns Together
Thu 13th December 2018
PDA Union members care about patients, the National Health Service and healthcare in the UK overall and that’s why the PDA Union are working with Health Campaigns Together (HCT).
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PDA sponsor RPS Wales Medicines Safety Conference
Mon 10th December 2018
The PDA were delighted to be a sponsor at the 8th annual RPS Wales Medicines Safety conference, which saw expert speakers from different sectors of practice come together on a subject which unites the profession perhaps more than any other - patient safety.
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Safer Pharmacies Campaign continues
Fri 19th October 2018
The campaign to get pharmacies across the UK to meet the seven commitments to improve safety and care for patients, through better working conditions in UK pharmacy practice is continuing. Here are some of the latest developments in support for the PDA’s Safer Pharmacies Charter.
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PDA represented at the Plaid Cymru Conference Dinner
Mon 15th October 2018
PDA Executive Representative for Wales and West England, Richard Evans represented the PDA at the Plaid Cymru Conference Dinner on Friday 5th October in Cardigan, Wales.
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Wales sets the standard and backs Safer Pharmacies Charter and zero tolerance approach to Violence in Pharmacies
Fri 20th July 2018
Community pharmacies across Wales will soon receive a copy of the Safer Pharmacies Charter. The document, produced by the PDA (Pharmacists’ Defence Association), outlines seven commitments to improve safety and care for patients, through better working conditions in UK pharmacy practice.
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Pharmacists say basic safety standards are not met
Tue 3rd April 2018
The Pharmacists Defence Association (PDA) has released survey results that show seven basic standards of pharmacy safety are regularly not being met and is demanding action to protect patients, pharmacists and the tax payer.
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Royal Pharmaceutical Society – 2018 elections
Thu 22nd March 2018
The world of pharmacy in the UK includes a number of organisations that influence how the profession works. The PDA are proud to be the independent trade union for pharmacists and to play our part, but for the system to work best we also need the other organisations to be effective and contribute appropriately.