PDA Union

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Employment

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

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

19 Aug 2024 , 3 Min Article

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Employment

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 , 2 Min Article

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Policy

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 , 2 Min Article

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Employment

PDA eyes Ombudsman review as Boots pension trustees throw out claim

Boots pension trustees reject initial challenge by PDAU members to over-60s policy.

13 Jun 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Employment

Boots tells staff to report ‘any pressure’ to hit Pharmacy First ‘targets’

Stores director says progress reports not intended to put pressure on staff.

09 May 2024 , 2 Min Article

People

PDA director Claire Ward elected first mayor of the East Midlands

Claire Ward, the Labour candidate and Pharmacist Defence Association’s director of public affairs, has been elected the first mayor of the East Midlands, covering Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire

07 May 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Nutrition & weight management

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 , 2 Min Article

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Leadership

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 , 2 Min Article

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Employment

Lloyds forced to attend pharmacist redundancy tribunal – despite dim chance of payout

Liquidation means compensation hopes are dim but tribunal will still go ahead.

18 Apr 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Services

One-third of PDA members have had Pharmacy First targets set by employers

PDA warns employers not to revisit MUR-type 'league table' tactics.

12 Apr 2024 , 3 Min Article

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People

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 , 1 Min Article

Leadership

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 , 3 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 secures £65k unpaid wages for locums

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

24 Aug 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

Business

Lloyds facing ‘significant challenges’ with this year’s flu jab campaign

Staffing, training and delivery of vaccine stock all causing issues this year

07 Dec 2022 , 1 Min Article