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PDA Early Careers Network Newsletter – August 2023
Wed 30th August 2023
Welcome to the first PDA Early Careers Network newsletter dedicated to trainee pharmacists and those in the first five years of their careers. In this issue learn more about the Early Careers Network, the upcoming November 2023 assessment, useful resources, and more!
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Insight Online – August 2023
Tue 29th August 2023
This month, learn more about how the PDA is calling for regulation of non-registered managers in healthcare, the Westminster government’s Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, and a number of upcoming online events and workshops available to PDA members.
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Coroner’s Regulation 28 Report
Mon 28th August 2023
Obtaining supplies of prescription-only medicines via multiple online pharmacies has, once again, resulted in the death of a vulnerable patient. Ania Sohail was a much-loved and talented young woman who lived with a serious mental health condition characterised by repeated episodes of self-harm.
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Following the Letby case, the PDA calls for regulation of non-registered managers in healthcare
Fri 25th August 2023
Lessons still need to be learned around the role of leadership, management and candour when clinical harm occurs.
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PDA member, Soh Xi Ken will be speaking at an Anti-Racist Conference
Thu 24th August 2023
PDA member and co-opted member of the PDA LGBT+ Committee, Soh Xi Ken will be part of a panel at an Anti-Racist Trade Union Conference taking place on 9 September 2023. The conference will be co-hosted by the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) and will discuss building anti-racist resistance in all workplaces.
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Wellbeing workshop launches next month to help PDA members manage stress and improve mental health
Tue 22nd August 2023
The PDA is pleased to once again be working with Pharmacist Support on a free member-exclusive wellbeing workshop.
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PDA responds to GPhC’s consultation on draft changes to registrant fees
Mon 21st August 2023
The PDA has responded on behalf of members to a GPhC consultation about their proposal to increase the registration fees for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacy premises.
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Pharmacists report being victims of ‘wage theft’
Fri 18th August 2023
The PDA has received reports from members that some employers are not paying the full amount pharmacists are entitled to under their contract.
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PDA responds to the MHRA consultation to make Codeine linctus a prescription only medicine
Thu 17th August 2023
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) recently undertook a ‘Public Consultation on proposal to make Codeine linctus and Codeine Oral Solutions available as a prescription only medicine (POM).’
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Being a pharmacist with schizophrenia
Mon 14th August 2023
An anonymous rotational pharmacist and PDA Ability Network member has shared their experience of working as a pharmacist with schizophrenia. In this article, they discuss the stigma attached to schizophrenia along with the challenges they have faced.