LloydsPharmacy seeks tangible support from institutional landlords
LloydsPharmacy has asked its health centre landlords to recognise the impact of reduced footfall and renegotiate unsustainable rents or risk further closures of unviable...
Birmingham uni formulates nasal spray that can protect against Covid-19, slower transmission
Researchers at the University of Birmingham claim they have developed a nasal spray that can protect against Covid-19 and slower transmission of the virus.
According...
MP demands debate in Commons on expanding role of community pharmacy and better funding model
Stressing that community pharmacists and their teams need a “funding model that reflects the work that they do,” a Conservative Party MP has called...
Oxford vaccine shows promise in elderly, trial results by Christmas
AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s potential Covid-19 vaccine produced a strong immune response in older adults, data published on Thursday (Nov 19) showed, with researchers...
£16m to introduce digital prescribing in hospitals
In a bid to make the NHS 'the safest healthcare system in the world' by reducing errors, 16 hospitals across England have been allocated...
GPs and pharmacies face logistical challenge amid prospects of virus vaccine roll-out in December
NHS England medical director Stephen Powis confirmed today (Nov 18) that general practitioners (GPs), pharmacies and large-scale inoculation centres could all be involved in...
Pharmacies in Great Britain won’t need to verify medicine packs after end of Brexit transition period
Community pharmacies in Great Britain will no longer be required by law to verify and decommission unique identifiers on prescription medicine packs as the...
PDA calls on employers to support prov-reg pharmacists with study and revision leave
The Pharmacists Defence Association (PDA) has urged pharmacy employers to support prov-regs pharmacists by allowing the study and revision leave they may need ahead...
Pfizer ends Covid-19 trial with 95 per cent efficacy; MHRA calls results ‘very encouraging’
Pfizer Inc said today that final results from the late-stage trial of its Covid-19 vaccine showed it was 95 per cent effective, adding it...
Minister defends multi-million pound PPE deals after critical audit
Business secretary Alok Sharma refused to apologise for a lack of transparency in spending millions of pounds of tax-payer money to secure personal protection...
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