Coronavirus

By Simon Dukes Chief Executive Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee FOR me, the genuine privilege of being the negotiator for community pharmacy in England is meeting and talking...

By Amit Roy INDIAN businessman Yusuf Hamied believes that a vaccine for coronavirus will be tested on humans in six months, and when it does...

A pharmacy contractor has warned fellow contractors to be “extremely careful” while signing up NHS volunteers for the delivery of medicines to vulnerable patients. His...

Community pharmacists will receive an alert when assessing “shielded patients,” the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has said. NHS Digital has added a ‘vulnerability flag’...

The UK’s medicines and medical devices regulator is investigating 14 cases of fake or unlicensed products advertised to treat or prevent COVID-19. The Medicines and...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in intensive care after receiving oxygen support for serious Covid-19 complications, leaving his foreign minister to lead the government's response to...

Falkirk people are being asked to help local pharmacies by not requesting their repeat prescriptions before they are due and only ordering what they need. Local...

Greater Manchester community pharmacies that have endured ‘abusive’ patients and are ‘close to breaking point’ will stay open during the coronavirus pandemic – but...

A London pharmacist asks how he is expected to convince his staff to work at normal rates on a bank holiday after NHS “unilaterally”...

Minister Jo Churchill has expressed her gratitude to community pharmacy teams nationwide for providing an outstanding response to patients in challenging circumstances during the...