Member Voice

• PDA sees an increase in members seeking advice on sexual harassment incidents

  Thu 19th October 2023 The PDA

  President of the PDA NAWP Network, Ayah Abbass discusses the rising issue of sexual harassment in the workplace, what the PDA is doing to help, and what employers need to do to protect their workers. 

• Breast Cancer Awareness Month Member Voice – ‘I found a lump!’

  Sun 1st October 2023 The PDA

  To mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this October President of the PDA NAWP Network, Ayah Abbass shares her personal experience of one of the scariest moments in her life - finding a lump in her breast. Ayah also offers advice to those in a similar situation. 

• Black Country pioneer clinical peer mentoring scheme for clinicians in primary care

  Thu 28th September 2023 The PDA

  Jyoti Saini, PDA Regional Committee member, discusses the Black Country Training Hub, which is providing a fully funded peer mentoring scheme for clinicians working in General Practice within GP Practices in Walsall, Wolverhampton, Sandwell and Dudley. 

• Being a Foundation Trainee Pharmacist

  Thu 28th September 2023 The PDA

  PDA Representative, Anjuli Bali shares her experience of the Foundation Training Year and beginning working in hospital pharmacy. She also speaks about the impact that the PDA has had on her time at university. 

• PDA members at the QE Birmingham work together to influence changes to weekend working hours

  Thu 14th September 2023 The PDA

  PDA member and specialist pharmacist, Alice Mallinder has shared how, with the help of the PDA, her pharmacy team worked to influence changes to the weekend working hours at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. 

• Supporting colleagues on strike

  Sat 2nd September 2023 The PDA

  PDA member and hospital pharmacist, Liam Volk discusses the importance of and need for industrial action in the NHS and how to support striking workers. 

• Worlds apart

  Fri 1st September 2023 The PDA

  In the latest member voice, a PDA member with over 30 years’ experience of working as a locum in community and hospital pharmacy shares their views on returning to the UK to practice after three decades in Australia. 

• Being a pharmacist with schizophrenia

  Mon 14th August 2023 The PDA

  An anonymous rotational pharmacist and PDA Ability Network member has shared their experience of working as a pharmacist with schizophrenia. In this article, they discuss the stigma attached to schizophrenia along with the challenges they have faced. 

• PDA LGBT+ Network members attend the STUC’s LGBT+ Workers Conference

  Sat 1st July 2023 The PDA

  The STUC’s LGBT+ Workers Conference took place on 27 to 28 May following new data that showed that the UK has fallen in LGBT+ rankings. Members of the PDA’s LGBT+ Network were in attendance and the PDA supported a motion calling for more inclusive care for LGBT+ patients. 

• Supporting greater diversity in pharmacy leadership

  Mon 26th June 2023 The PDA

  PDA member, Mohammed Koli is a lead pharmacist for the Primary Care Network (PCN) Team at Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust (NHFT) and has shared his views on the importance of diversity in senior level pharmacy roles.  

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