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Supporting members to have conversations about Covid-19 vaccinations
Thu 18th March 2021
As part of the #GetVaccinated campaign, a new PDA factsheet has been released for pharmacists to help with questions from the public about the Covid-19 vaccination.
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PDA welcomes funding announcements in Wales
Wed 17th March 2021
The Welsh Government has announced that it will fund a bonus payment for NHS and social care staff to recognise their extraordinary contribution during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Health Campaigns Together conference
Wed 17th March 2021
PDA Union is part of the campaigning group Health Campaigns Together (HCT) who recently held a virtual conference entitled 'The Pandemic and Privatisation.'
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PDA welcomes latest Government proposals to remove outstanding discrimination in NHS Pension Scheme
Tue 16th March 2021
Members may have recently seen the PDA response to the Government consultation on measures to remove age discrimination in the NHS Pension Scheme, proposals which are welcomed by us as they reflect precisely the points highlighted by the PDA.
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Inclusion on shortage occupation list demonstrates how there is something broken in regards to pharmacist pay rates
Tue 16th March 2021
The basic laws of economics say if demand is greater than supply, rates should increase, yet while many PDA members experience locum rates or salaries that have suffered real-term cuts over the last decade, pharmacy employers have convinced the government to add pharmacists to the official shortage occupation list that allows more workers in the listed categories to be recruited into the UK from overseas.
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Joint national plan for inclusive pharmacy practice in England
Mon 15th March 2021
The PDA is partnering with NHS England and Improvement and a wide range of national organisations across the pharmacy sector to co-produce a plan to develop inclusive pharmacy practice in England.
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NAWP produces factsheet to mark Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Mon 15th March 2021
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month takes place in the UK every March and is an opportunity to raise awareness of ovarian cancer.
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NAWP welcomes ‘Ask for ANI’ scheme at LloydsPharmacy
Sat 13th March 2021
Earlier this year, the government launched the Ask for ANI (Action Needed Immediately) scheme in order to address the surge in domestic violence levels during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Help Pharmacist Support to help the profession – including exam candidates
Sat 13th March 2021
In this pandemic, many candidates for the delayed GPhC 2020 pre-reg assessment are working as provisional pharmacists while having to simultaneously prepare for their exam.
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GPhC extend Provisional Registrant arrangements until 2022 and delay this year’s Summer exam dates
Fri 12th March 2021
The GPhC has announced that they are extending the provisional registrant arrangements until January 2022, and due to an associated delay to the Summer registration exam date, any of the current (20-21) cohort of pre-registration trainees wishing to practice from 1 August will now have to also become provisional registrants until the results are released and they are eligible to join the pharmacist register.