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Changes to manager roles at Well Pharmacy
Thu 13th August 2020
Well pharmacy have announced a proposal to remove all the non-pharmacist manager positions from their network of 760 pharmacies. The company want all pharmacies to be managed by pharmacists. The PDA are advising members employed in Well pharmacies to contact them for support if they have concerns.
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How the coronavirus crisis has impacted on pre-registration pharmacists – part 3
Wed 12th August 2020
In the latest instalment of our ‘coronavirus and its impact on pre-registration pharmacists’ series, we talk to Noel Kizere, a PDA Rep who at the point of writing this article, was a pre-reg hospital pharmacist. Noel is now a provisionally registered pharmacist who will shortly begin working at Boots.
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Your help needed to pass on an URGENT request for Lloyds pharmacists to pledge support for union recognition
Mon 10th August 2020
All pharmacists at LloydsPharmacy have the opportunity to pledge their support for the profession to secure an independent voice at work through a trade union recognition agreement. Although we can contact those who are already our members directly, we need the help of our 31,000 members to help us get this message to those Lloyds pharmacists who have not yet joined the PDA.
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PDA provide guidance for pharmacists at Lloyds
Mon 10th August 2020
The PDA have produced some general guidance in response to the growing number of pharmacists asking them for assistance as a result of the LloydsPharmacy (Lloyds), so-called: “transformation and harmonisation programme”.
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The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on community pharmacy practice
Mon 10th August 2020
The PDA urgently invite all community pharmacists to share how they are managing and coping with the COVID-19 pandemic at their workplace. We value your views greatly and we would really appreciate your help by completing this survey.
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Guide to: Managing your Wellbeing in the Workplace
Mon 10th August 2020
In response to pressures brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Pharmacist Support - the profession’s charity, launched the ACTNow campaign to raise awareness of the importance of wellbeing and encourage positive action.
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Benefits for Lloyds pharmacists from union recognition
Fri 7th August 2020
PDA Union representative Paul Flynn sends a message to professional colleagues at LloydsPharmacy about the real difference trade union recognition can bring to pharmacists.
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Community Pharmacy employers start to report cases of workplace exposure to Coronavirus
Wed 5th August 2020
The PDA welcome the news that community pharmacy employers have finally started to report cases of workplace exposure to the coronavirus.
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How the coronavirus crisis has impacted on pre-registration pharmacists – part 2
Wed 5th August 2020
In the second instalment of our ‘coronavirus and its impact on pre-registration pharmacists’ series, we talk to Kyra Jones, a PDA Provisionally Registered Rep who at the point of writing this article, was a pre-reg community pharmacist at Boots.
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Major reforms to the initial education and training of pharmacists
Tue 4th August 2020
The NHS and GPhC have recently announced plans for new regulatory standards for the five years of initial pharmacist education and training. These major reforms will affect how future pharmacists become qualified. The PDA has provided a response to this new announcement.