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If skill mix is to work, the roles, responsibilities and accountabilities of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians must be defined.
Fri 21st December 2018
Fostered primarily by non-pharmacist managers and operational systems in the large multiple pharmacies, the boundaries between the responsibilities an accountabilities of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in the community pharmacy sector have become blurred.
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Insight Online – December 2018
Wed 19th December 2018
Welcome to the latest issue of Insight Online. This regular mailing keeps you updated on PDA news and events, as well as issues that affected you at work.
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New senior appointment at Boots – does this herald a positive era for employee relations?
Wed 19th December 2018
Boots have announced that they have appointed Tracey Clements as Chief Operating Officer. Tracey is currently an executive at the retail giant Tesco. Pharmacists will be hopeful that this new appointment will bring a fresh perspective to employees’ rights at work.
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Potential cheating, collusion or plagiarism among trainee pharmacy technicians
Tue 18th December 2018
PDA members have recently brought to our attention that potential cheating, collusion and plagiarism may be continuing, seemingly unchecked by the General Pharmaceutical Council.
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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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Boots Pharmacists: February Ballot is a chance to raise thousands for charity
Tue 18th December 2018
A second ballot of pharmacists at Boots relating to the trade union recognition arrangements at the company will bring with it another opportunity for charity fundraising, as the PDA Union have confirmed they will once again give £1 to charity for each vote cast in the ballot, regardless of which way Boots pharmacist and pre-registration pharmacists vote.
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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 calls on DHSC to confirm plans for BREXIT
Thu 13th December 2018
The PDA has continuously said that any changes to regulations, procedures or practice need to be properly considered, developed, agreed and communicated in advance of implementation. As the countdown to BREXIT approaches 100 days, the PDA is calling on the government to be absolutely transparent with their plans for pharmacy and clarify exactly what they intend to do.
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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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Insight magazine – Winter 2018
Mon 10th December 2018
In this edition, we describe our proposals and set out our programme of work, some of it in tandem with other pharmacy organisations. We urge you to support us in these initiatives and we invite you to attend one of our conference events in 2019.