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Have NHS ambulance response times improved? Lib Dems raise concern

The party sounds alarm over ambulance Category 2 delays encompassing urgent stroke and heart attack cases The NHS's latest report on ambulance services in England for March 2024 reveals significant...

Sigma Pharmaceuticals helps raise over £70,000 for charitable causes

Sigma's Financial Director, Bhavin Shah, completed a 26.2-mile marathon run in support of charities dedicated to caring for...

1 in 3 ethnic minorities need 3 or more GP visits for cancer diagnosis, new survey reveals

Currently, only 60 per cent of cancer diagnoses are taking place before the cancer has progressed The latest findings...

Exclusive: Rishi Sunak says there are opportunities for NHS to allow community pharmacies to do more

By Rithika Siddhartha Britain is ready for an Asian prime minister, Rishi Sunak has said, as the prime ministerial hopeful revealed he was “stung” by...

‘Three quarters of pharmacy contractors to be worse off under new discount deduction system’

Only a quarter of pharmacies in England will be better off after the new discount deduction to community pharmacy payments is implemented while a whopping 8,200...

Pharmacists can dispense paracetamol 120mg suppositories as SSP for the drug has now expired

Pharmacists can dispense Paracetamol 120mg suppositories in accordance with the prescription, as the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that sufficient...

DHSC introduces new discount deduction system for community pharmacy

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has introduced new arrangements for the application of discount deduction to community pharmacy payments which will...

Boots to recruit for new superintendent pharmacist soon as Marc Donovan moves into a new role

Boots UK is set to start recruiting for a new superintendent pharmacist as Marc Donovan moved into a new role. The company announced the appointment...

An Easy Guide To Understanding Healthcare Technology

Healthcare has a strong relationship with technology. The modern structure of hospitals and medical facilities cannot function without the progress of technology. It is...

Regular pharmacy staff testing for Covid-19 to be paused

The routine, twice-weekly asymptomatic Covid-19 testing by pharmacy staff can be paused from the end of August. The health regulator announced that regular asymptomatic testing...

Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech for patent infringement over Covid vaccine

Moderna is suing Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for patent infringement in the development of the first Covid-19 vaccine approved in the United...

Sunak attacks Covid lockdown response

Former chancellor Rishi Sunak, one of two candidates vying to be Britain's next premier, criticised the way outgoing prime minister Boris Johnson handled the...

Essential Pharma receives manufacturing licence in Switzerland and Malta

Essential Pharma, an international speciality pharma group, has procured an establishment and manufacturing licences in Switzerland and Malta. Following a successful inspection by Swissmedic, the...

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