Covid-19 vaccination numbers climb sharply as strategy to tackle hesitancy succeeds
NHS England has seen a huge jump in the number of people coming forward for a Covid-19 jab since launching its plan to tackle...
Experts call for urgent action to tackle steep rise in use of anti-depressants during Covid-19
Experts have urged for a quick intervention to create new strategies to optimise the use of antidepressants (AD) among people, following a steep rise...
Asda vaccinates over 50K people against Covid-19
Asda’s in-store Covid-19 vaccination centres have reached a major landmark this week by vaccinating over 50,000 people against the virus, the company said on...
NICE draft guidance does not endorse Roche’s risdiplam for treating spinal muscular atrophy
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published a draft guidance for public consultation which does not recommend risdiplam to treat...
Dominant Delta variant in UK may increase risk of hospitalisation, says PHE
The Delta variant of concern first identified in India is now dominant in Britain and might have an increased risk of hospitalisation compared to the Alpha variant, Public Health England said on Thursday (June 3).
There...
UK approves Pfizer/BioNTech Covid shot for 12+
Government's medicines regulator said on Friday (June 4) it had extended approval of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech so it can be used on 12- to 15-year-olds.
"We have...
Previous Covid-19 infection substantially reduces risk of a new infection for 10 months: UCL study
Previous Covid-19 infection substantially reduces the risk of a new infection for up to 10 months afterwards, according to a study of care home...
MLA praises Covid-19 efforts of his local pharmacy team in Northern Ireland
The new Ulster Unionist Party leader and Upper Bann MLA Doug Beattie has paid tribute to his local community pharmacy team for its response...
Scott Rutherford elected as first president of LGBT+ pharmacists’ network launched by PDA
Scott Rutherford has been elected as the first president of the Pharmacists' Defence Association's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT+) pharmacists’ network.
The LGBT+ pharmacists' network...
RPS to open a new museum displaying heritage of pharmacy in Scotland
To engage the public and members with Scottish pharmacy heritage, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) is planning a new museum display at its offices in Edinburgh when...
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