This week, the first payment under this arrangement was made when Mark Koziol, Chairman of the PDA, presented Pharmacist Support Chief Executive, Diane Leicester-Hallam with a cheque for over £7,000.
Diane Leicester-Hallam said “I am delighted to receive this donation on behalf of Pharmacist Support. The charity has worked alongside the PDA for a number of years now to provide support, where relevant, to enquirers who may benefit from their assistance in resolving a work related issue. The financial support the PDA are now providing will allow us to help more pharmacists, students and trainees facing challenging times whether they are PDA members or not.”
Mark Koziol added: “The PDA is about pharmacists helping pharmacists and so this is a very natural way that we can do even more to help people in their time of need. We hope that what we are doing encourages other organisation to also support Diane and her colleagues with their fantastic work.”
Mark Koziol concluded: “Under this arrangement, the PDA will even donate £1 for every student member, even though they get their membership for FREE. As with working members, we want them to join the PDA so that they can call on us if they need our help, as we can only help our members. Unfortunately, some individuals may not appreciate the potential situations in which they may want us to assist them, until it’s too late, so we hope this donation may be an extra incentive for pharmacists and pharmacy students to sign up.”
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About the PDA
The PDA (The Pharmacists’ Defence Association) is a not-for-profit organisation which aims to act upon and support the needs of individual pharmacists and, when necessary, defend their reputation. All PDA members are entitled to free PDA Union membership. PDA Union is the only trade union in the UK exclusively for pharmacists. It has a certificate of independence and is a member of Unions21 and EPhEU. PDA and PDA Union have more than 27,000 members.
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