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PDA warns against ‘raising public expectations’ with Pharmacy First expansion

Promoting service as a fast walk-in option risks causing conflict, says PDA

15 Sep 2026

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PDA: Pharmacy First growth outpacing sector’s capacity

PDA raises concerns about premises and staffing in new report

29 Apr 2026

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‘Safeguarding pharmacists’: PDA takes up main objective of now-defunct RPS

PDA makes announcement in the wake of Royal College launch.

16 Apr 2026

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Superdrug pharmacists get 3% pay rise in first union agreement

NQ salary to remain at £50k from April - but other pay bandings to rise

18 Mar 2026

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NHS pharmacist wins four-figure sum from employment tribunal

Case 'sets a precedent of practical value' says PDA who supported pharmacist

23 Jun 2025

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Proposal to merge Boots union with PDA ushered through in landslide vote

'Hundreds' of pharmacists to join PDAU in January as 96% of votes express support

12 Nov 2024

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PDA meets Superdrug pharmacists to convince them about union benefits

The PDA said it told attendees recognition can “support Superdrug pharmacists facing high targets and increased services.”

11 Nov 2024

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Members of Boots-owned pharmacist union to vote on joining the PDAU

'Not sustainable' to maintain a separate internal company union, says the PDAU

16 Oct 2024

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PDA seeks union recognition to represent 200 Superdrug pharmacists

Talks have been ongoing for several months, union tells P3pharmacy.

30 Sep 2024

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Ex-Boots pharmacist awarded £45k after racial profiling tribunal

Pharmacist awarded £45k in damages while PDA Union awarded £13k in costs.

19 Aug 2024

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Take screenshots, PDA tells locums amid ‘increase’ in employers reneging on terms

PDA alleges rise in businesses unilaterally changing agreed terms of locum shifts.

01 Aug 2024

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Re-opening P meds debate is ‘premature and dangerous’ says PDA

PDA challenges Society by launching its own survey on P medicine self-selection.

25 Jul 2024

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PDA ‘cannot support’ online prescribing guidance from DiCE

The Pharmacist's Defence Association says it cannot support new guidance for the online prescribing of GLP-1 receptor antagonists from Digital Clinical Excellence, because it conflicts with an expert report from the GPhC.

07 May 2024

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PDA: Pharmacy professional leadership board must publish more details about members

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association wants information about organisations members are associated and involved with to be published.

22 Apr 2024

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NPA vice chair departs to take newly created role at PDA

Appointment 'shows we are committed to making a dynamic difference for pharmacists' says PDA

13 Mar 2024

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PDA repeats call for CQC to regulate pharmacy premises

Non-pharmacist business owners should also be regulated, he told MPs at an evidence session for the parliamentary pharmacy inquiry.

18 Jan 2024

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