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Have your say on the future of professional leadership for UK pharmacists
Sun 19th March 2023
The future of professional leadership should matter to all pharmacists and future pharmacists. Significant ideas about changes to the current arrangements have been proposed by the UK’s four government Chief Pharmacists (CPhOs), who have published their Commission’s proposal for how pharmacy leadership may develop in the UK. The PDA is now asking members their views about the proposals.
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Update from supervision working group’s third meeting
Fri 17th March 2023
The PDA is making sure the interests and views of employed and locum pharmacists are effectively represented in conversations about supervision.
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PDA calls upon employers to support pharmacists with continuous professional development
Fri 17th March 2023
The PDA follows up on the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) policy on protected learning time (PLT) for pharmacists.
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Positivity and possibilities: how PDA Reps are changing pharmacy for the better
Thu 16th March 2023
All PDA Reps roles are voluntary, and the members who become workplace reps, health and safety reps, trainee reps, and student reps play a vital role in the work of the PDA. They ensure that more pharmacists are aware of what the PDA is and what it does, that PDA members know what support and advice is available, and they also help support members directly within their workplaces.
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Students, start your own ‘Medicines to Ukraine’ campaign at your university
Wed 15th March 2023
PDA Student Rep, Nonyelum Anigbo talks about a unique opportunity for pharmacy students to get involved with the worldwide humanitarian campaign 'Medicines to Ukraine' and to develop and demonstrate transferable skills like leadership, project management, and advocacy along the way.
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Potential loss of access to integrated QRISK tool for users of EMIS IT systems
Tue 14th March 2023
General practices using EMIS IT clinical systems may have noticed an error message advising them that access to the QRISK2 risk calculator will cease from 31 March 2023.
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Hundreds of PDA members connecting through their trade union
Tue 14th March 2023
Pharmacists, trainee pharmacists and MPharm students are participating and networking in their hundreds via virtual union gatherings on a range of topics important to them as part of how they engage with their trade union, the PDA.
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PDA comment on junior doctors strike
Mon 13th March 2023
The PDA Union sends a message of solidarity and support to our junior doctor colleagues in the BMA and HCSA trade unions who are taking action today.
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Pharmacists highlight poor working conditions faced in NHS hospitals
Mon 13th March 2023
The PDA is publishing the results of the 'scoping broader issues for hospital pharmacists' survey.
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Registration and abstract submission for FIP’s 81st World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences now open
Sat 11th March 2023
The PDA is a proud member of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) and that means that the PDA can seek out the very best ideas from a much larger international network for the benefit of members.