The Pharmacy Show and the PDA continue their partnership for 2026
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The Pharmacy Show is pleased to announce its partnership with the Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) for the 2026 event, taking place at NEC Birmingham on 11-12 October.
As the UK’s largest independent membership organisation and trade union exclusively for pharmacists, the PDA supports pharmacists at every stage of their careers. Its continued partnership with the Pharmacy Show reflects a shared commitment to professional development, informed debate and stronger connections across community and primary care pharmacy.
Hear from the PDA at the Pharmacy Show
AI in Pharmacy: Who is really accountable?
Technology & Digital Health Theatre
Sunday, 11 October 2026 | 10:30-11:00
Action through allyship
Leadership, Workforce & Careers Theatre
Sunday, 11 October 2026 | 17:15-17:45
Connect with the PDA team
Visitors are encouraged to attend both sessions and connect with the PDA team during the show. Register for your free two-day pass*, add the PDA sessions to your agenda and make time to meet the team at NEC Birmingham.
*The Pharmacy Show is free to attend for UK-registered healthcare professionals. Click here for more details.
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About The PDA (Pharmacists’ Defence Association):
The PDA’s principal objective is to safeguard, maintain the honour, and promote the interests of pharmacists in their exercise of the profession of pharmacy. This means that it specifically supports the needs of individual employed and locum pharmacists and those in training across all sectors. The PDA represents their interests, defends their reputation, supports their practice, and protects their careers. It does not allow businesses into membership, so it never has any conflicts with its principal role. The PDA is already trusted by more than 40,000 members for its reliable leadership, making the PDA the largest pharmacist leadership organisation in the UK.
Find out more information about the PDA at: https://www.the-pda.org/
About the Pharmacy Show:
The Pharmacy Show is the UK’s leading trade event and education conference dedicated to the community and primary care pharmacy sector. Free to attend for UK-registered healthcare professionals, the show attracts thousands of pharmacy professionals for two days of dynamic learning, networking, and discovery.
With more than 300 exhibitors and hundreds of hours of high-quality educational content delivered by renowned sector experts, the event equips attendees with the latest insights, innovations, and technologies shaping the future of pharmacy practice.
For more information, please contact:
Exhibitor and speaker enquiries: thepharmacyshow@closerstillmedia.com
Marketing enquiries: a.chung@closerstillmedia.com
About CloserStill Media:
We run more than 200 market-leading, B2B events, publications and brands focused on the Business Technologies, Healthcare and Future Transport and Infrastructure sectors.
We are committed to excellence and innovation in our business operations and in our brands. Resulting in widespread recognition including numerous accolades and prestigious awards for our events like the London Vet Show and Learning Technologies to Tech Show and DevLearn, we were honoured to have been named in The Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies to work for three consecutive years, from 2018 to 2020.
But we are nothing without our "CloserStillians". We are committed to building an environment for our workforce to excel.
Find out more information about CloserStill Media: https://www.closerstillmedia.com/
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