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Latest News

We will keep you informed of any general developments by posting any news that is relevant to the individual pharmacist agenda on this section of the site.

  • Intersection Update – May 2023

    Wed 24th May 2023 The PDA

    Intersection is the PDA's newsletter bringing together news from all four PDA Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Networks. 

  • PDA recognition transfers with former LloydsPharmacy employees

    Wed 24th May 2023 The PDA

    The PDA is reminding pharmacists, and potential new employers, that the trade union recognition agreement secured by pharmacists employed at LloydsPharmacy will transfer along with their contracts if their pharmacy is sold as a share sale. 

  • PSNI deliver option to pay retention fees in instalments

    Tue 23rd May 2023 The PDA

    Last year, discontent with the burden of the cost of professional retention fees was communicated directly with PDA National Officer for Northern Ireland, Una O'Farrell.  

  • Understanding when to withdraw and when to nullify for the June 2023 assessment

    Tue 23rd May 2023 The PDA

    The PDA is offering advice to those eligible to sit the June 2023 assessment as they enter their final weeks of preparation. 

  • LloydsPharmacy Divestment Programme update

    Mon 22nd May 2023 The PDA

    The company’s programme of branch divestment is a developing situation, and the PDA has produced some interim FAQs about transfers by share sale to assist members employed in Hallo Healthcare.  

  • PDA launches General practice pharmacist work satisfaction survey

    Mon 22nd May 2023 The PDA

    The PDA is calling on all pharmacists who work in general practice (irrespective of how they are employed) to participate in a satisfaction survey that looks at pay, training support, thoughts on safe working, and how the initial education and training of pharmacists will impact patient safety. 

  • Trainee pharmacists: sign up to the ACTNow wellbeing campaign

    Sun 21st May 2023 The PDA

    The PDA is once again encouraging all trainee pharmacists to join Pharmacist Support’s ACTNow campaign, which is running from 22 – 26 May. The campaign aims to encourage trainees to prioritise their wellbeing, especially in the run-up to the assessment.  

  • PDA participates in ‘wellbeing’ roundtable

    Fri 19th May 2023 The PDA

    Following the annual wellbeing survey undertaken with the RPS by its charity partners, Pharmacist Support, the PDA has presented at a roundtable and co-published a joint statement on the subject.  

  • Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2023

    Thu 18th May 2023 The PDA

    Today (18 May) marks Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) which aims to shine a light on the importance of digital access and inclusion for the more than one billion people living with disabilities/impairments worldwide.  

  • My experience of working in community pharmacy

    Mon 15th May 2023 The PDA

    In our latest member voice article, a PDA member discusses their experience working in community pharmacy and why the culture needs to be challenged within some organisations.  

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