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PDA

We secured over £500k in settlements for members in 2023, claims PDA

The union said it helped individual employed pharmacists secure pay-outs ranging from under £10,000 to over £125,000.

03 Jan 2024 , 4 Min Article

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Practice

Key clinical developments in 2023

This module is suitable for use as part of pharmacists’ continuing professional development, a key component of the revalidation process. After reading this module in the magazine or online at pharmacymagazine.co.uk, you can include it in your personal Pharmacy Magazine revalidation record.

02 Jan 2024 , 20 Min Module

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Practice

PDA gives cautious welcome to DHSC supervision consultation

PDA is cautious because modernised model of practice can only be delivered if changes to the law are supported by new Rules and Regulations from the regulator.

19 Dec 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Employment

PDA investigating concerns around Boots pharmacists’ pension entitlements

PDA gathering more information to determine whether there is grounds for a dispute

11 Dec 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Contract

Updated service specs published for contraception and hypertension services

Full details on the NHSE and CPE websites. Support package for contractors to be announced soon.

23 Nov 2023 , 4 Min Article

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Employment

PDA: We’ve recovered over £100k in unpaid locum fees this year

The most money recovered during one case, the PDA said, was over £8,000. Its director Paul Day described the situation as “shocking.”

10 Nov 2023 , 1 Min Article

Medicines

New prescribing rules for isotretinoin address safety concerns

Treatment with isotretinoin for patients under 18 must now be approved by two prescribers, under new MHRA rules.

31 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

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PDA

Boots pharmacist suffered harassment relating to race

A tribunal has upheld a pharmacist’s claim that he suffered harassment relating to his race while working at Boots in July 2020.

26 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Business environment

Boots pharmacists to receive 5% pay increase from November 1

One-off £750 payment for eligible pharmacists and managers in addition to pay uplift

09 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Employment

PDA: Buyers of ex-Lloyds branches ‘may have dodged TUPE obligations’

PDA kicks off early proceedings against Lloyds and new buyers as pharmacists raise TUPE concerns

11 Sep 2023 , 1 Min Article

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PDA

PDA calls for regulation of non-registered healthcare managers

Union has “significant concerns” about unregulated managers exerting authority over registered community pharmacists.

25 Aug 2023 , 3 Min Article

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Employment

PDA secures £65k unpaid wages for locums

Union helps members fight 'wage theft' cases with their employers

24 Aug 2023 , 1 Min Article

Employment

Boots and PDA agree pay increase for trainee pharmacists

New rates effective from 1 August for those who commence in role over the summer.

04 Jul 2023 , 1 Min Article

PDA

PDA membership numbers up by 7pc in 2022-23

Membership numbers of the Pharmacists’ Defence Association have reached a record level at 36,806 annual meeting told on June 29.

04 Jul 2023 , 1 Min Article

Clinical

MHRA reminder of risks of taking NSAIDs in late pregnancy

Reminder that the use of systemic NSAIDs is contraindicated in the last trimester of pregnancy (after 28 weeks of pregnancy)

27 Jun 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Employment

Lloyds CFO rejects redundancy appeal by ex-Sainsbury’s pharmacists

CFO affirms previous finding that ex-Sainsbury's staff are not entitled to enhanced terms

26 Jun 2023 , 1 Min Article