Professional bodies renew pharmacy funding calls as Rishi Sunak unveils government’s spending plans
Even as chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak unveiled the findings of his much-anticipated Spending Review today (Nov 25), pharmacy bodies wasted no time...
Alliance Healthcare and Boots jointly donate half million Dexamethasone tablets to NHS
Alliance Healthcare and Boots UK have donated half a million of 2mg Dexamethasone tablets to support the NHS in its the fight against Covid-19.
The...
MHRA on Pfizer vaccine: Decision in the shortest time possible
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said on Monday that it would aim to make a decision on Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine...
UK will seek to start administering a Covid-19 vaccine before Christmas, says Matt Hancock
Britain will seek to start administering a Covid-19 vaccine before Christmas with the bulk of the rollout at the start of the new year,...
Oxford vaccine can be 90pc effective, results show
AstraZeneca said today its vaccine for the novel coronavirus could be around 90 per cent effective without any serious side effects.
The vaccine developed by...
AIMp ‘disappointed’ at not being consulted in planning process of over-50s’ flu jabs
Two national pharmacy organisations have welcomed the government announcement today that people aged 50 to 64 will receive their free NHS flu vaccine for...
Hancock says NHS to get whatever it needs for vaccine roll-out while infections level off in England
Health secretary Matt Hancock on Friday said that the NHS would be supported with whatever resources it would require for a successful Covid-19 vaccine...
Overseas pharmacists’ visas extended for a year
The Home Office has announced that overseas frontline healthcare workers, including pharmacists, will have their visas extended for a year.
Visas of over 6,000 health professionals...
Community pharmacy can order additional stock as flu jabs rolled out to over 50s in England from Dec 1
Free flu jabs for adults over the age of 50 years will now be available from pharmacies and GPs from December 1 as the...
LloydsPharmacy seeks tangible support from institutional landlords
LloydsPharmacy has asked its health centre landlords to recognise the impact of reduced footfall and renegotiate unsustainable rents or risk further closures of unviable...
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