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  • PDA responds to the NHS 10 Year Plan

    Fri 4th July 2025 The PDA

    The Prime Minister has launched a ten-year plan which outlines the government’s ambitions for healthcare in England. It describes how the NHS will achieve three strategic shifts, from hospital to neighbourhood, from analogue to digital and from treatment to prevention. The PDA is providing its initial comments on the plan. 

  • Another Employment Tribunal win for an NHS pharmacist

    Fri 4th July 2025 The PDA

    The PDA has secured a successful outcome for an NHS pharmacist who had to escalate their dispute to the employment tribunal. 

  • Former PDA BAME Network President awarded Churchill Fellowship

    Tue 1st July 2025 The PDA

    Elsy Gomez Campos, Immediate Past President of the PDA BAME Network, has been awarded a coveted Churchill Fellowship which will enable her to focus on addressing racism in pharmacy to support workforce sustainability and wellbeing. 

  • Commissioning support units to close

    Mon 30th June 2025 The PDA

    The Westminster government have announced some further changes to NHS England-related organisations, which could mean more job losses for pharmacists. 

  • PDA membership passes 40,000

    Fri 27th June 2025 The PDA

    Attendees at the PDA’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) heard the latest certified membership numbers have passed another major milestone. 

  • Insight Online – June 2025

    Wed 25th June 2025 The PDA

    This month, read about our response to the government’s consultation seeking views on how to introduce mandatory ethnicity and disability pay reporting. PDA Locum Reps offer advice to their locum colleagues on how to thrive in the current climate, and read about how PDA Director of Pharmacy, Jay Badenhorst represented PDA members at the House of Lords.  

  • PDA responds to disability and ethnicity pay gap reporting

    Tue 24th June 2025 The PDA

    The PDA has responded to the government’s consultation seeking views on how to introduce mandatory ethnicity and disability pay reporting for large employers (those with 250 or more employees).  

  • Recognising excellence, representing members: Reflections from the House of Lords

    Mon 23rd June 2025 The PDA

    PDA Director of Pharmacy, Jay Badenhorst reflects on his recent visit to the House of Lords for the Recognition of Excellence Awards 2025.  

  • Are you fit to sit the June 2025 assessment?

    Mon 23rd June 2025 The PDA

    The PDA is offering advice to those eligible to sit the June 2025 assessment. It is important to understand the options available to those who feel they may not be able to sit. 

  • PDA secures Employment Tribunal win for redundant NHS pharmacist

    Fri 20th June 2025 The PDA

    The PDA has secured a significant legal victory on behalf of one of its members, in a case that reaffirms the value of a pharmacist’s professional status, fairness in redundancy, and the importance of representation during NHS restructuring. 

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