Budget 2021: Pharmacy bodies pledge to keep pushing for pharmacies’ Covid costs
National pharmacy bodies and other industry stakeholders have expressed their deepest disappointment with the new budget as it remained silent on pharmacies' Covid-19 costs...
Pharmacists urged to participate in Oxford vaccine safety study
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has urged pharmacy teams to participate in an online survey as part of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine safety study.
Conducted by the...
NPA makes Covid-19 PCR tests available for pharmacies with Medicspot tie-up
The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has partnered with healthcare company Medicspot to enable its pharmacy members to sell Covid-19 PCR test kits.
Following new Public Health...
PSNC calls on Sunak to write off pharmacies’ pandemic loans
Ahead of today’s (March 3) budget, the PSNC has called on the Chancellor Rishi Sunak to intervene in the ongoing Covid-19 funding negotiations and...
Patch up differences and start afresh, AIMp chief urges community pharmacy, NHS
The Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies (AIMp) has called for a "new understanding" between the NHS and England's community pharmacies to avert further pharmacy...
‘Single-shot Covid jab in UK could be weeks away’
A single-shot vaccine to combat Covid-19 in Britain could be weeks away, with regulators set to begin the approval process this week, The Telegraph...
Charities join hands with NHS to boost Covid-19 vaccine drive
As many as 16 frontline charities have formed a new partnership to encourage those with long term adverse health conditions and their carers to get...
UK to prioritise next stage of Covid-19 vaccines by age, not job
Police and teachers will not jump to the head of the queue in the second phase of Britain’s Covid-19 vaccination rollout, with people instead...
Don’t be selfish, get a Covid shot: Queen Elizabeth
Britain’s 94-year-old Queen Elizabeth, who last month had her first Covid-19 vaccination dose, has encouraged the public to follow suit, saying it did not...
‘No store or pharmacist roles are impacted’ as Boots plans to axe 300 jobs in Nottinghamshire
Boots has confirmed that "no store or pharmacist roles" will be impacted by its announcement of a further restructuring of its UK headquarters in Nottinghamshire.
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