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PDA warns of 'inadequate’ support and unsafe workloads for GP pharmacists

 
• By Kate Bowie

A survey by the Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) has revealed concerns about “inadequate” training, time pressures, workload and pay from its members working in general practice.

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Pharmacists were “expected to take on GP prescribing” but paid “significantly less than...colleagues"
Kate Bowie

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Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, when she carried out several health investigations focused on staffing issues, NHS funding and health inequalities.

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