PDA

More than one in 10 pharmacists have been asked to re-use PPE, with similar numbers saying they were actively discouraged from wearing it. 

Days after LloydsPharmacy announced a major restructuring which could involve job losses, the PDA Union has applied for formal union recognition within the multiple.

The PDA says it is still concerned the GPhC does not have “adequate powers” to regulate pharmacy owners.

The PDA chairman recalls the seminal moments and strategic perspectives that have guided his principled approach to championing the professional first, second and last

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association has warned employers it may pursue them in the courts if they fail to implement their employees’ suggestions on reducing the risk of Covid-19 infection.

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association urges Matt Hancock to hold talks with unions and employers on pharmacy workers' safety as lockdown eases.

The PDA has urged the GPhC to explain the rationale behind its increased registration fee of £365 for pharmacy premises.

All eight CCA companies have a zero tolerance approach to violence in community pharmacies.

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association has called on Public Health England to revise its position on PPE for pharmacy dispensary staff.

PDA chair Mark Koziol has spoken of pre-registration pharmacists’ “anguish” at having their training disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Two existing indemnity schemes have been bolstered by the Coronavirus Act 2020.

PDA warns off companies which threaten to report locums who raise rates to GPhC.

The PDA reassures pharmacists it will support them against compensation claims or action arising from their COVID-19 efforts.  

PDA helps locums recover a record £50,000 in unpaid fess in 2019.

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association enjoys high levels of support among community pharmacists, according to a CIG Research survey.

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association says it cannot support the pharmacy apprenticeship plans at present. 

The PDA is concerned about the unsafe practice of GP practice pharmacists.

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association says a fifth of medicines have been affected by shortages in the past three months.

The NAWP – which had announced plans to dissolve – is to continue as part of the PDA from the beginning of next year.

Less than half of GP pharmacists in England have had access to the CPPE’s ‘clinical pharmacist’ qualification, the PDA said.