A quarter of pharmacists yet to be risk-assessed for Covid-19, new survey finds
A quarter of all pharmacy teams have yet to receive an adequate individual Covid-19 risk assessment, a new survey has found.
The survey, carried out...
UK orders recall of 741,000 coronavirus testing kits over safety concerns
Randox Laboratories, a Northern Ireland-based medical technology company, has been instructed by the UK’s medicines regulator to recall up to 741,000 coronavirus test kits...
Covid -19 daily death count could be scrapped
The UK's official Covid-19 daily death count could be scrapped following an investigation into Public Health England's method of counting the toll, The Telegraph newspaper...
Hikma making Gilead’s Covid-19 drug to increase supply
The UK’s Hikma Pharmaceuticals said on Friday it has started manufacturing Gilead's antiviral drug remdesivir under contract in Portugal, as the US company outsources to...
UK coronavirus reproduction rate rises to 0.8-1
The reproduction number of the coronavirus among people in the United Kingdom has risen to 0.8-1, according to government estimate.
Last week, the R rate...
New phase of EPS will help pharmacies become Covid-safe
As more GP practices go live with the fourth phase of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) over the coming weeks, pharmacy teams will get a...
India’s Serum Institute set to produce up to 100 million Covid-19 vaccines priced at £2.29 per dose
Serum Institute of India (SII) today (Aug 7) said it has entered into a new partnership with international vaccine alliance Gavi and Bill & Melinda Gates...
Pharmacies will be able to vaccinate staff and patients in care home settings this flu season
Community pharmacies will be asked to vaccinate both residents and staff in the care or nursing homes in a single visit to increase uptake...
50 million face masks will not be used in NHS over safety concerns
Government says it won’t be using 50 million face masks it bought during a scramble to secure protective equipment for medics during the coronavirus...
UK test and trace system is ‘world beating’: PM
Prime Minister Boris Johnson stood by his description of UK’s system of testing and tracing coronavirus infections on Thursday (Aug 6), despite a fall...
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