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Insight Online – December 2024
Mon 30th December 2024
This month, read our response to a communication sent to pharmacists by Superdrug management and guidance for those who sat the November 2024 registration assessment and are making an appeal.
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Boots Pharmacists’ Association joins the PDA family
Tue 24th December 2024
From 1 January 2025, the Boots Pharmacists’ Association became part of the PDA Union. Existing members automatically transferred to become members of the PDA Union, joining thousands of other PDA members who are working at Boots, and so increasing the size of that group.
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How a PDA Student Rep’s contributions improved the pharmacy student experience
Mon 23rd December 2024
The PDA recently caught up with Martina Aikon, a fourth-year pharmacy student and PDA Student Rep regarding their recent achievement of winning the Welsh Pharmacy Student Leadership Award. Here Martina explains why she won the award, her next steps on her pharmacy journey, and why she became a PDA Student Rep.
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Update for members with benefits in the Boots pension scheme
Sat 21st December 2024
The PDA has provided a December 2024 update for those PDA members with benefits in the Boots Pension Scheme, the closed defined benefit scheme subject to a buy in through Legal and General.
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Medicines to Gaza PDA partnership with Salam Charity
Fri 20th December 2024
The Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) is proud to announce its participation as the lead National Pharmacy Organisation in the UK in an international pharmacy campaign to raise funds to send Medicines to Gaza.
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PDA Reps meet to discuss Employment Rights Bill
Thu 19th December 2024
Last month, PDA Reps from all sectors met to discuss the details of the Employment Rights Bill which is currently going through Parliament.
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Appeals process for candidates that sat the registration assessment in November 2024
Tue 17th December 2024
The PDA would like to remind all candidates who sat the November 2024 assessment, and feel that they have grounds to appeal on receipt of their results, to review the GPhC guidance and gather all evidence before taking action.
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PDA Equalities Council reflect on their 2024 achievements and future shared initiatives
Tue 17th December 2024
The Equalities Council is part of the PDA’s democratic structure and includes representatives of the PDA’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Networks. The aim is for members to learn from each other and to work together around intersectional issues.
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Boots Newsletter – December 2024
Wed 11th December 2024
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Five Years Already!
Tue 10th December 2024
Gordon Finlayson, Chair of the PDA Workplace Reps in Boots gives a personal view of the first five years of the PDA being the recognised union for pharmacists and trainee pharmacists at the company.