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• Insight Online – June 2019

  Thu 20th June 2019 The PDA

  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 affected you at work. 

• Inspiring the future generation of pharmacists

  Thu 20th June 2019 The PDA

  The 2019 Welsh Pharmacy Awards took place on Thursday 23rd May at the Vale Resort, Glamorgan. The annual event recognises the pharmacy sector’s emerging talent, as well as the service delivered by pharmacist’s year after year.  

• PDA attend Clinical Pharmacy Congress

  Wed 19th June 2019 The PDA

  The PDA attended CPC earlier this month to talk to pharmacists about the issues that affect them at work. We exhibited on stand C15 and were excited to talk to existing and potential members about how we can further support them in their career.  

• Boots pharmacists invited to shape the PDAU’s pay claim

  Mon 17th June 2019 The PDA

  The PDAU are inviting all eligible employed Boots pharmacists and pre-registration pharmacists to tell them about their priorities and issues at work, via an online survey.  The survey responses will help shape the PDAU’s pay claim for the pay year commencing November 2019. 

• BPSA award Supporter of the Year 2019 to PDA Official

  Thu 6th June 2019 The PDA

  PDA have a long-standing relationship with the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (BPSA) as part of our work to support pharmacy students. As a result of that partnership, Trish Patel, the PDA’s Academic Liaison Officer, was proud to receive the ‘Supporter of the Year 2019’ award at the BPSA’s 77th Annual Conference, which took place at the School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham.  

• PDA Union welcomed at GFTU conference

  Sun 2nd June 2019 The PDA

  PDA Union delegates were formally welcomed as new affiliates to the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) at their biennial general council meeting (BGCM) and are now formally an established member of the federation. 

• Win an Apple iPad worth £319!

  Sat 1st June 2019 The PDA

  Look out for the competition link in our June Insight Online mailing where you can enter our FREE prize draw for your chance to win an Apple iPad worth £319*. 

• Apprenticeship: PDA accepts anonymous invitation

  Thu 30th May 2019 The PDA

  An employer group supported by Health Education England are trying again to develop a pharmacist apprenticeship proposal. On this occasion the employer group is engaging at an earlier stage with key stakeholders, such as the PDA, but they continue to refuse to publish a list of their members meaning the process remains characterised by secrecy. 

• GP Practice Pharmacists and Primary Care Networks

  Thu 30th May 2019 The PDA

  Primary Care Networks (PCNs) are being established as part of the new GP contract introduced in 2019/20. The intention is that each PCN will cover a patient population of 30-50,000 and should be in place by July 2019. An additional element of the new GP contract is the funding of additional health professional workforce to directly support PCNs. The PDA is pleased that pharmacists are an integral part of the additional workforce.  

• Report back from Unions 21 conference

  Wed 29th May 2019 The PDA

  Paul Day, National Officer of the PDA Union was one of the speakers at the Unions 21 annual conference entitled “The future of collective voice” 

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