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PDA Union continues recognition campaign in Northern Ireland
Tue 21st July 2020
The PDA Union has continued to work closely with GP pharmacist employers in Northern Ireland to achieve a voluntary recognition agreement that will enable members' terms and conditions to be the subject of collective bargaining.
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4 in 10 community pharmacists, who caught COVID, believe they caught it at work
Tue 21st July 2020
A PDA survey has shown that 4 in 10 community pharmacists who caught COVID believe they caught it at work. This raises further serious questions about the actions of community pharmacy employers who have not reported cases to the Health & Safety Executive (HSE).
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Insight Online – July 2020
Tue 21st July 2020
Welcome to the latest issue of Insight Online - the regular mailing that keeps you up-to-date on PDA news and events, as well as issues that may affect you at work.
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Boots Pharmacists Pay Claim 2020
Fri 17th July 2020
The PDA Union has submitted the 2020 pay claim to Boots on behalf of pharmacists and pre-registration pharmacists.
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PDA Pandemic Series Update – 17 July 2020
Fri 17th July 2020
With each edition, we will aim to bring to your attention important issues either those that we are working on or general background information that helps you with your practice.
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How have pharmacy employers assessed and supported safety in the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Wed 15th July 2020
Nearly 60% of those who responded to the survey feel anxious about the threat of COVID-19 whilst at work. Please see below for information about how employers have responded and for PDA members’ experiences at work.
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How the coronavirus crisis has impacted on pharmacy students – part 4
Wed 15th July 2020
In the latest instalment of our ‘coronavirus and its impact on pharmacy students’ series, we talk to Mona Badawy, who at the point of writing this article, was a final year MPharm student at Robert Gordon University. After being a PDA Student Rep for four years, Mona is now a PDA Pre-Reg Rep and shares her journey with us.
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Pharmacists at LloydsPharmacy begin their formal campaign for union recognition
Mon 13th July 2020
In response to calls from pharmacists at LloydsPharmacy (Lloyds), the PDA Union has applied to the government’s Central Arbitration Committee for trade union recognition at the second largest community pharmacy employer in the UK. This is especially important at this time because the company have announced plans to make job losses and changes to employment contracts.
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PDA response to Boots announcement
Thu 9th July 2020
The PDA have responded to an announcement from Boots which may lead to thousands of job losses as part of the next phase of the company's “Transformation Plan”.
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How the coronavirus crisis has impacted on pharmacy students – part 3
Thu 9th July 2020
In the third instalment of our ‘coronavirus and its impact on pharmacy students’ series, we talk to Jagraj Thandi, a final year MPharm student at Birmingham University. Find out about Jagrag’s experiences and why he decided to join the PDA and become a union rep.