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Northern Ireland Healthcare Award winners 2022 announced
Wed 4th May 2022
Last week (28 April), the Northern Ireland Healthcare Awards returned for its 23rd year. Once again Northern Ireland’s healthcare sector joined together under one roof to celebrate the achievements of healthcare professionals.
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Medicines availability and the added pressure on pharmacists
Fri 29th April 2022
The PDA supports the appointment of a Tsar by the Secretary of State for Health in England to urgently look at the issue of medicines shortages and start implementing measures to address the problem.
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It’s Time to Address Stress
Thu 28th April 2022
PDA Members and Representatives gathered last week to launch the PDA’s new awareness factsheet ‘It’s Time to Address Stress’. The factsheet looks at the causes and symptoms of stress in the workplace and provides advice on ways pharmacists can access support and improve working conditions.
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Pharmacy students return to in-person examinations
Wed 27th April 2022
The PDA has been contacted by many student members who are apprehensive about the return to in-person assessments. This is due to their continuing worry of Covid-19 transmissions and anxiety caused by changing exam formats and procedures.
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Insight Online – April 2022
Tue 26th April 2022
This month, we respond to reports that some pharmacy businesses are discussing a locum 'blacklist'. We also outline what sessions we will be running at CPC next month, and list a series of FREE webinars that are available for trainee pharmacists.
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PDA calls on community and locum pharmacists to complete the violence and abuse in pharmacy survey
Mon 25th April 2022
The PDA urges those that haven't already completed the recent violence and abuse in community pharmacy survey, to do so now in order to ensure the PDA has a true representation of the current state of the sector.
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RPS – English Pharmacy Board 2022 candidate responses on key topics
Mon 25th April 2022
The PDA invited candidates for the English Pharmacy Board 2022 elections to let us know their views on some key topics, see their responses here.
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Royal Pharmaceutical Society – English Pharmacy Board elections, 2022
Mon 25th April 2022
The PDA want to see, and work alongside, effective professional bodies for pharmacists and we have always encouraged our members in Great Britain to join the RPS and engage in their elections.
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International Workers’ Memorial Day 2022: Reminding everyone why safety at work is so important
Sun 24th April 2022
Every year more people are killed at work than in wars. Most don't die of mystery ailments, or in tragic "accidents". They die because an employer decided their safety just wasn't that important a priority. International Workers’ Memorial Day (IWMD) 28 April commemorates those workers.
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Well Pharmacy allow Covid positive staff to work in pharmacies
Sun 24th April 2022
The PDA is reminding Responsible Pharmacists (RP) that they play an essential role in deciding what is safe for patients and colleagues in the pharmacy, when faced with staff members at work who have tested positive for COVID-19.