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• The campaign to cap the numbers of Pharmacy students

  Tue 6th January 2015 The PDA

  The PDA provides advice for members on the actions they can take following a statement from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills that there is to be no cap on the number of pharmacy students. 

• Boots salary proposals signal more bad news for employees

  Fri 21st November 2014 PDA Union

  A proposal for Boots salary review for 2015 will have the effect of reducing pharmacists' pay in real terms, believes the PDA Union.  

• Transcription of Pay Briefing by Jackie Kimberley Boots PDDM

  Thu 20th November 2014 PDA Union

  Boots have released a YouTube video in which a senior manager explains the way it intends to approach pharmacists’ salary review for 2015 and going forward.  

• The result of the PDAU vs Boots judicial review (Members Only)

  Mon 22nd September 2014 Union Members Only PDA Union

  By now you will have heard that the Judge in the hearing to establish whether the PDAU would be granted a declaration of incompatibility enabling it to seek a change in the UK law to bring it in line with EU Human Rights legislation has been refused.  

• Boots Recognition Legal Journey (Members Only)

  Mon 22nd September 2014 Union Members Only PDA Union

  A history of the PDAU's application for union recognition with Boots 

• Judge rules in Boots favour following Government intervention

  Mon 15th September 2014 PDA Union

  A judge has rejected the application of the PDAU which would have enabled it to seek changes to the law in Parliament. 

• Why formal recognition of the PDA Union by Boots would be good for patients and pharmacists

  Fri 23rd May 2014 PDA Union

  The road to gaining formal recognition with Boots has been tortuous, with the company expending considerable efforts to prevent its pharmacists being able to negotiate their pay, hours and holidays through a union of their choice. 

• NHS Call to Action

  Tue 18th March 2014 The PDA

  Community Pharmacy or Pharmacy in the Community? Creating the role of a Pharmacist Medicines Champion 

• PDA Position Statement on e-cigarettes

  Thu 6th March 2014 The PDA

  The PDA believes that e-cigarettes should not be sold from a pharmacy until a suitable licensed product is available and urges the GPhC to review its premises standards policy to reduce the potential conflict between commercial decisions and professional autonomy. 

• PDA responds to the NHS Call to Action

  March 2014 The PDA

  The PDA has posed a challenge to NHS England in its response to the NHS Call to Action, it asks whether the NHS 'listening exercise' has gone wide enough by simply seeking ideas about the future of community pharmacy. 

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