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“Pharmacy technicians are not pharmacists”
Fri 29th June 2018
Pharmacy in Practice have issued their latest article on a key topic in the PDA's Pharmacy Technicians Report. Read the full article here...
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Talks begin between PDA Union and Boots’ senior management
Tue 26th June 2018
A team of PDA Union representatives attended a meeting with senior Boots managers on Friday 22 June, at Boots’ head office in Nottingham, as part of the process to establish how the company and union respond to the wishes of pharmacists expressed through the recent ballot.
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Insight Online – June 2018
Fri 22nd June 2018
Welcome to the first edition of Insight Online. This regular mailing will keep you updated on PDA news and events, as well as issues that affected you at work.
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The GPhC’s approach to staffing levels
Thu 21st June 2018
The GPhC published its 'Guidance to ensure a safe and effective pharmacy team' on 11 June. The PDA gives its view on this, and considers the GPhC's overall approach to staffing levels.
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PDA respond to GPhC Safe and Effective Pharmacy Team Guidance
Thu 21st June 2018
The PDA has responded to the GPhC’s 'Guidance to ensure a safe and effective pharmacy team' for pharmacy owners. This was published on 11 June.
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Indemnity for GP practice based pharmacists
Wed 13th June 2018
The PDA provide comprehensive cover for all the work of a pharmacist in a GP practice, including pharmacists working in GP practices for the first time.
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A welcome and refreshing consultation on patient safety from NHS Improvement
Wed 13th June 2018
The PDA has welcomed proposals in NHS Improvement's consultation on patient safety investigations.
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PDA Union submit formal request for recognition as BPA are derecognised with immediate effect
Tue 12th June 2018
Following the decisive result in the ballot of Boots pharmacists, the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) have terminated the agreement between Boots and the BPA, which blocked PDA Union’s previous attempts to get formal recognition at the company.
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Boots ballot – what’s next?
Fri 8th June 2018
The decisive voting in the ballot that ends the recognition agreement between Boots and the BPA should be the start of a new chapter for community pharmacy employee relations with the PDA Union now moving towards recognition as the independent voice of pharmacists at the company.
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PDA express concerns about the GPhC deregulation of independent prescriber training
Fri 8th June 2018
The PDA has taken issue with the GPhC’s proposals for pharmacist independent prescriber training, which includes the removal of the two-year-experience safety net, the absence of a syllabus and seemingly the intention to allow pharmacy technicians to design and deliver training courses.