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• Early access for EU-national pharmacy staff to attain settled status in the UK

  Thu 22nd November 2018 The PDA

  On Thursday 29 November 2018, the EU Settlement Scheme will be opened early for all health and social care staff working in the UK.  

• Why small community pharmacies are at risk and how we can save them

  Thu 22nd November 2018 The PDA

  In June 2018, The Pharmaceutical Journal celebrated 70 years of the NHS with a timeline that plotted pharmacy’s history against the years since the NHS was born. I was disappointed to see that as early as 1981, community pharmacy was already being viewed as a problem child. And in 2016, despite talk over the years of community pharmacy’s importance, significant cuts were made to its funding. 

• Boots Pharmacists: Be part of your union

  Mon 19th November 2018 PDA Union

  Pharmacists employed at Boots are being encouraged to join thousands of their colleagues and be part of the PDA Union; the only independent UK trade union that is exclusively for individual pharmacists, pre-registration pharmacists and pharmacy undergraduates.  

• 2018 Scottish Pharmacy Award Winners Announced

  Thu 15th November 2018 The PDA

  The Scottish Pharmacy Awards took place at the Hilton Glasgow Hotel last week. The annual celebration has a positive impact on the pharmacy sector by recognising exceptional pharmacists and showcasing their accomplishments.  

• Date set for historic second ballot at Boots

  Wed 7th November 2018 PDA Union

  The PDA Union have negotiated the arrangements for a ballot of pharmacists and pre-registration pharmacists which can finally secure them an independent voice at work. The ballot period will run for five weeks from Monday 4 February 2019 

• PSNI consultation on indicative sanctions guidance

  Wed 7th November 2018 The PDA

  The PDA responded to the PSNI (Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland)’s consultation on new Indicative Sanctions Guidance for its Statutory Committee. The Statutory Committee considers and adjudicates on serious Fitness to Practise allegations made against pharmacists in Northern Ireland. 

• View from a community pharmacist

  Thu 1st November 2018 The PDA

  One recent letter summed up so much of what we hear from members across community pharmacy, that we decided to publish it. We have kept the individual’s name and their employer anonymous because we know that what they describe here is experienced by pharmacists working for many different employers across community pharmacy. 

• Boots update: where we are in the recognition process

  Thu 1st November 2018 PDA Union

  An update to pharmacists employed at Boots: "Following on from the activity earlier this year to derecognise the Boots Pharmacy Association (BPA), we are contacting you to update you on where we are in the recognition process."  

• Boots Pharmacists: Make sure you get a say in coming ballot

  Fri 26th October 2018 PDA Union

  Boots pharmacists and pre-registration pharmacists are actively encouraged to ensure their correct address details are registered on the company’s systems so that they will receive ballot papers to their home address without delay when a second vote on trade union recognition is held soon. 

• Comparing community pharmacy practice to the Scandinavian model; a flawed approach

  Mon 22nd October 2018 The PDA

  A study commissioned by the Department of Health looked at how skill mix in community pharmacy operated in Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden.  

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