PSNC advises contractors to use emergency provisions to avoid closures
The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has advised pharmacy contractors to use emergency provisions to avoid and reduce temporary closures amid shortage of pharmacists...
Patient group direction and national protocol for pharmacy contractors is out to support flu jabs of frontline staff
NHS England and NHS Improvement have issued the patient group direction (PGD) and national protocol for community pharmacy contractors to support flu vaccination of...
Pharmacy minister Maria Caulfield gets flu jab at S G Barai Pharmacy in Sutton
The newly appointed pharmacy minister Maria Caulfied got her flu jab at the S G Barai Pharmacy in Sutton this week.
During her visit, Caulfield...
Pharmacists’ confidence diminishes due to mounting financial pressure, Lloyds Bank’s survey reveals
Growing financial pressures has dented pharmacists confidence, despite an anticipated increase in profits in the current year, latest Lloyds Bank Healthcare Confidence Index revealed...
Covid jab to be mandatory for frontline NHS staff in England; RPS says informed choice better than compulsory vaccination
Expressing its concerns over the Government’s decision to make Covid-19 vaccines mandatory for health workers in England, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has said...
McKesson’s AAH becomes solus distributor for NHS Scotland vaccine programme
McKesson UK’s wholesale arm AAH has been appointed as solus provider of storage and distribution services for seasonal influenza vaccines and other products by...
UK health services commit to net zero carbon emissions
All four UK health services have committed to net zero carbon emissions, health secretary Sajid Javid announced today (November 9).
Lauding the commitment, Javid said:...
NHS chief urges people to take Covid jab – ‘an evergreen offer’
With the approaching winter, the NHS chief executive has urged people to come forward to take a Covid-19 jab at nearby pharmacies, clinics, GP...
BREAKING: Government announces £15.9m funding to train pharmacists and pharmacy technicians
Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are set to receive up to £15.9 million over the next four years which will help them thrive in multidisciplinary healthcare...
UK to roll out Covid-19 antiviral drug trial this month: Health Security Agency
Britain will start to roll out Merck's molnupiravir Covid-19 antiviral pill through a drug trial later this month, Susan Hopkins, chief medical adviser at the UK Health Security Agency said...
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