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UKHSA says mistakes at COVID testing lab may have led to deaths of 20 people last year

The UK's Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said mistakes at a testing laboratory led to misreporting of tens of thousands of positive COVID-19 cases as negative and may have resulted...

‘Disappointing’ COVID-19 booster uptake worries Europe’s head of vaccines strategy

Recent uptake of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses in Europe has been "rather disappointing," an official said on Thursday...

AAH reaches milestone of delivering over 70 million COVID-19 vaccines across England

AAH Pharmaceuticals Ltd (AAH) has exceeded the milestone of delivering over 70 million COVID-19 vaccination doses across England,...

Pharmacy Collect service to end from April 1

The Pharmacy Collect service, which allowed people to collect rapid Covid-19 tests to do at home, would end from April 1, 2022 as part...

Living with Covid-19: New guidelines for pharmacy contractors

Following the prime minister Boris Johnson’s announcement earlier this week regarding the rollback of Covid-19 restrictions in England from Thursday (February 24), the NHS...

Pandemic Delivery Service to end in March

The Pandemic Delivery Service, which ensured home delivery of prescribed medicines and appliances to all self-isolating people, would end next month as part of...

CCA seeks clear guidance for healthcare settings as government rolls back Covid curbs

Following the prime minister Boris Johnson’s recent announcement about ramping down the Covid-related restrictions in the country, the Company Chemists’ Association has called for...

Smith & Nephew names Deepak Nath as CEO

Medical devices maker Smith & Nephew has appointed Siemens Healthineers' Deepak Nath as chief executive, replacing Roland Diggelmann after the company narrowly missed analysts' estimate...

PM scraps all Covid curbs in England; pharmacist fears move could undermine pandemic gains

Prime minister Boris Johnson has announced that the legal requirement to self-isolate following a positive Covid test in England would end on Thursday as part...

‘Spring booster’ jab to be offered to elderly and immunosuppressed

Britain on Monday (February 21) said it would offer further Covid-19 booster shots to the elderly, care home residents and immunosuppressed people as part...

Pharmacy teams encouraged to support PANORAMIC study

Pharmacy teams are being encouraged to support the ground-breaking Platform Adaptive trial of Novel antivirals for early treatment of Covid-19 In the Community (PANORAMIC)...

Covid-19 vaccine to be offered to all children aged five to 11 in England from April

All children aged five to 11 in England will be offered a Covid-19 vaccine, the government said on Wednesday (February 16) -- following similar...

Britain’s pandemic modellers say future large waves of Covid possible

There is a realistic possibility of large waves of Covid-19 infection in the future in Britain and such waves might even be considered likely,...

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