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Antimicrobials are critical in modern medicine, essential for treating infections in humans and animals, supporting surgical procedures, and facilitating cancer therapies. However, the increasing resi ...

Following their 2022 analysis of the health landscape post-Brexit, the latest Nuffield Trust report (published on 18 April 2024) delves deeper into the trends affecting health supply chains, migration ...

This International Women’s Day, the National Association of Women Pharmacists (NAWP) has launched a factsheet to raise awareness of Endometriosis.

To mark International Women’s Day (IWD) 2022, the National Association of Women Pharmacists (NAWP) hosted an online event last month to #BreakTheBias and promote a gender-equal pharmacy workplace. IWD ...

The UK government has unveiled draft legislation that announces significant reforms to pharmacy supervision regulations, designed to improve patient access to healthcare services while maximising the ...

New opportunities to reclassify medicines: what clinical pharmacy needs to know The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has recently unveiled a list of medical conditions and categories where ...

New study reveals wide variation in antidepressant side effects A new large-scale study has highlighted striking differences in the physical side-effect profiles of commonly prescribed antidepressants ...

New Year, New Pharmacy Qualification At a time of transformative change in pharmacy, from the General Pharmaceutical Council’s new Standards for the initial education and training for pharmacists whic ...

NHS Reset has ten key themes which span a range of issues affecting how health and care services are planned, delivered and experienced across the UK.''

PDA member and pharmacist clinical writer, Sandra Hicks attended the virtual NHS Employers Disability Summit 2023 from 29 to 30 November 2023. The annual Disability Summit provided an opportunity for ...

On 29th March SPS are launching on a new series of webinars to support Medication Safety Across The System (MSATS). They invite all healthcare professionals with a passion for medication safety to joi ...

LONDON: 20th October 2020 - Hundreds of Clinical Pharmacy Professionals gathered online from 23rd to 25th September for the first Clinical Pharmacy Congress (CPC) Live, a digital learning event for so ...

Following the publication of the 10-Year Health Plan earlier this year, there is a renewed emphasis on innovations to support more hospital-at-home services. Virtual wards are enabling this transition ...

We are excited to announce our finalists for the CPC Awards 2022. Many congratulations to those who have made the shortlist. 

The PDA LGBT+ Network has launched a range of resources as part of an ongoing #LGBTplusMPharm campaign to update the curriculum at Schools of Pharmacy where LGBT+ inclusion is lacking. In Autumn 2021, ...

Some of the PDA’s aims are to support pharmacists in their legal, practice and employment needs, proactively seek to influence the professional, practice and employment agenda to support members. The ...

We are at the brink of a revolution in healthcare, with increasing accessibility to personalised medicine. One-size-fits-all medicines are 40-70% ineffective, leading to 1 in 15 hospitalisations in th ...

Our profession’s charity, Pharmacist Support, has just released their 2023 Impact Report which details what people approached the charity with support for, and highlights their achievements in 2023.

Exciting news for CPC attendees! CloserStill Media is thrilled to offer a 10% discount on the "Embracing a Workplace Wellbeing Culture" course from our charity partner, Pharmacist Support. Whether you ...

We’re pleased to announce our continued partnership with the Clinical Pharmacy Congress. For the fourth year running, the team at CPC has chosen us to be their nominated charity, recognising the impor ...

PHARMACIST SUPPORT PHARMACIST ACTNOW CAMPAIGN About the ACTNow wellbeing campaign Pharmacist Support is a charity dedicated to championing the wellbeing of those studying and working in pharmacy. We r ...

Pharmacists are trained to prioritise patient safety, but their own safety should also be a concern for them and their employer. Recent PDA member surveys show the severity of the issue