FIP supports the PDA Safer Pharmacies Charter
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The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has become the latest organisation to support the Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA)'s Safer Pharmacies Charter. The Charter consists of seven commitments to improve safety and care for patients, through better working conditions in UK pharmacy practice.
Dr Catherine Duggan, FIP CEO says, “We are pleased to support the PDA’s Safer Pharmacies Charter which defines basic standards to ensure safe practice wherever pharmacists work. The overall objectives of the Charter align with FIP’s development goals and overall mission.”
FIP is the global body representing pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences, and pharmaceutical education. Through 153 national organisations, allied organisations (including academic institutional members) and individual members, FIP represents over four million pharmacists, pharmaceutical scientists, and pharmaceutical educators around the world.
FIP will aid in distributing the Charter to its members and share it with its Community Pharmacy Section for information purposes.
The PDA became a member of FIP in 2022 and continues to work closely with the organisation to represent the voice of UK pharmacists at a global level. The alliance also gives the PDA significant influence to inform the policies of the World Health Organisation.
PDA Director of Policy and Communications, Alison Jones first presented the Safer Pharmacies Charter at the FIP Congress in Brisbane in 2023.
About the PDA
The PDA has more than 38,000 members and is the largest pharmacists’ membership organisation and the only independent trade union exclusively for pharmacists in the UK.
The PDA exists to:
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Advance and protect good health by promoting proper standards and best practice in pharmacy
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Support the safe and effective practice of pharmacists at every stage of their education and career
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Provide leadership and representation for employed and self-employed pharmacists, and those in training
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Protect, defend, lobby for and support the interests and reputations of pharmacists
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Work with and support local, national and international organisations with similar objectives
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Facilitate professional indemnity insurance, arrange benefits and undertake any other activities that can support our wider objectives.
The PDA is a member of FIP, the Employed Pharmacists of the European Union (EPhEU), the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU), the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), and the Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC). Learn more.
The PDA includes the National Association of Women Pharmacists (founded in 1905), the LGBT+ Pharmacists Network, the BAME Pharmacists Network and Ability, the network for pharmacists with disabilities. Learn more.
Visit the PDA at the Pharmacy Show
PDA Safer Pharmacies Charter
The PDA is running a session on the Safer Pharmacies Charter at this year's Pharmacy Show. The session will take place in the Business Theatre on Monday 14 October from 9.35 am to 10.05 am. In this session, PDA Director of Pharmacy, Jay Badenhorst will give an update on the campaign and reveal exclusive findings from the PDA’s eighth annual Safer Pharmacies Survey.
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Attendees can find out more about the PDA’s campaign on safety and its significance in the workplace
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Attendees will hear about the current health and safety issues in the UK pharmacy industry.
Standing Up for Sitting Down
The PDA is also running a second session at the show this year; ‘Standing Up for Sitting Down’ will take place in the Business Theatre on Sunday 13 October from 10.20 am to 10.50 am.
In this session, PDA Organiser, Liz Larkin will be giving an overview of the ‘Standing Up for Sitting Down’ campaign, revealing shocking results from a recent survey and highlighting some of the good practices in the profession. The campaign was created by the PDA Ability Network following a survey that found that many pharmacists were not being provided with the reasonable adjustments that they required. The campaign aims to raise awareness of disability discrimination and calls on employers to make appropriate and ongoing reasonable adjustments. The session will be supported by members of the PDA Ability Network.
Learning outcomes:
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Attendees can learn about the discrimination that disabled pharmacists may face in the workplace
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Attendees will develop an understanding of the campaign, its importance, and how to get involved.
Get involved in the Safer Pharmacies campaign
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Pharmacists, add your voice to the campaign for safer pharmacies.
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Owners/senior management, sign up to the charter to demonstrate your commitment to safer pharmacies.
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Patient safety, pharmacy leadership, and other organisations, if you are concerned with patient safety endorse the campaign for safer pharmacies.
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