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BAME Pharmacists’ Network – February 2021
Wed 24th February 2021
Welcome to the latest PDA BAME Pharmacists' Network Update. To date, the BAME committee boasts a membership of over 700, and our numbers continue to grow.
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PDA Covid-19 vaccination portal helped over 1100 locum pharmacists
Tue 23rd February 2021
The PDA were concerned that some locum pharmacists could have been missed from the population of frontline health professionals to be allocated a Covid-19 vaccination, and therefore agreed with NHS England that we would develop a web portal to capture the details of locums that needed vaccinations.
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Locum and employed pharmacists should check arrangements for them to receive up to £500 government payment in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Tue 23rd February 2021
Employers, in Northern Ireland and in Scotland, have been asked by their respective governments to provide information about how many eligible pharmacists, including locums, will receive up to £500 as a payment from government for their contribution in 2020 towards tackling the Covid pandemic.
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PDA welcomes discussion on facts for the BAME community around Covid-19 vaccinations
Fri 19th February 2021
Later in the same week that the PDA launched our #getvaccinated campaign for pharmacists, the British Asian Trust hosted a seminar to discuss the Covid-19 vaccination programme and facts for the BAME community, attended by a PDA representative.
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Morrisons u-turn on blocking Covid-19 payments to individual pharmacists
Fri 19th February 2021
Supermarket multiple reverses decision to block £500 payment from Scottish Government to its employees within hours of PDA raising the issue.
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Professor Joy Wingfield
Thu 18th February 2021
The PDA are deeply saddened by the death of Professor Joy Wingfield from COVID-19. A powerful advocate for fairness, justice and the professional independence of pharmacists, Joy was one of the team who established the PDA.
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PDA responds to reports that Morrisons will block the Scottish Government’s £500 Covid-19 payment to pharmacists
Thu 18th February 2021
PDA has called upon the Superintendent Pharmacist at Morrisons Ltd and Community Pharmacy Scotland (CPS), to explain why pharmacists in Scotland are reporting that the Yorkshire based multiple will block them from receiving a £500 payment from the Scottish government intended to recognise their contribution during the pandemic.
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PDA encourages pharmacists and patients within the community to #GetVaccinated
Wed 17th February 2021
The PDA has today launched a new campaign that is calling on all pharmacists to have the COVID-19 vaccine and to help encourage their patients, family and friends, especially those in the BAME community, to do the same.
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PDA responds to media reports that McKesson plan to sell LloydsPharmacy
Tue 16th February 2021
The PDA is responding to media reports that McKesson intend to sell their LloydsPharmacy business and is reassuring members that the union will be doing all it can to protect their employment should this be accurate and their employment be affected.
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Insight Online – February 2021
Mon 15th February 2021
Welcome to the latest issue of Insight Online - the regular mailing that keeps you up-to-date on PDA news and events, as well as issues that may affect you at work.