Pharmacists' Defence Association

PDA calls on government to ensure its plans for improved patient safety do not exclude community pharmacy

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association is urging the government to ensure that community pharmacy falls fully within the scope of the government’s proposed Health Service Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB).…

Lloyds apologises for pharmacist payment problems

Pharmacists working for LloydsPharmacy, who reported not being properly paid because of problems with a new payroll system, have received an apology from the company after intervention by the Pharmacists’ Defence Association.…

PDAU secures backing from 10% of Boots pharmacists in legal action

Boots pharmacists back Pharmacists’ Defence Association Union (PDAU) in its bid to derecognise Boots’ own representative body, and allow PDAU to negotiate on behalf of pharmacists working for Boots.…

BPA attempts to fight off de-recognition challenge

Boots Pharmacists’ Association has written to Boots employees urging them to support the union in an attempt to prevent its de-recognition as the representative negotiating body for pharmacy staff at Boots.…

Boots pharmacists launch legal bid for independent union representation

A group of pharmacists employed by Boots has launched a legal challenge to secure independent representation at work — the latest development in a five-year campaign by Boots pharmacists for an independent union to have collective bargaining rights …

Major multiple telling older pharmacists to ‘go quietly’, says PDA

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association has issued advice following a spate of reports that several pharmacists aged over 40 have been invited to meetings regarding ‘alleged performance or conduct issues’ and subsequently threatened with disciplinary action.…

PDA appoints ex Pharmacy Voice chair to ‘champion profession’ in Westminster

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association has appointed ex Pharmacy Voice chair Claire Ward to build stronger ties in Westminster and ensure that a more ‘realistic and positive’ vision of pharmacy is presented to policy makers.…

Pharmacy Defence Association launches survey of GP pharmacists

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association is calling on clinical GP pharmacists to complete a survey about the challenges they face during their working day.…

GPhC standards for pharmacy professionals come into force on 12 May 2017

The General Pharmaceutical Council’s (GPhC) new standards for pharmacy professionals will come into effect on 12 May 2017.…

Court reserves judgement on judicial review of Pharmacists’ Defence Association case against regulator’s standards

A High Court in Birmingham has reserved judgement in a legal challenge to the proposed standards for pharmacy professionals put forward by the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), the pharmacy regulator.…