England launches revamped Covid-19 contact-tracing app
England launched a new version of its delayed Covid-19 smartphone app on Thursday (August 13) using Google and Apple contact tracing technology, as well...
Alpha Solway to produce £53 million worth of vital PPE for NHS Scotland
NHS Scotland will receive £53 million worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) from a Dumfriesshire-based supplier.
At a briefing earlier today, the First Minister for...
£3.3m funding in Scotland for IP-led common clinical conditions service in community pharmacy
The Scottish government and Community Pharmacy Service (CPS) will pump a sum of £3.3 million for 2020-21 to establish a combined National Foundation Programme and...
RPS makes submission to politicians; raises concerns over protection of pharmacy staff in pandemic
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has submitted written evidence to the new All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Coronavirus, raising concerns for the protection of pharmacists and their...
Nearly 6 per cent of people in England may have had Covid-19, researchers say
Nearly six per cent of people in England were likely infected with Covid-19 during the peak of the pandemic, researchers studying the prevalence of...
UK’s Covid-19 death toll lowered to 41,000 after methodology change
The UK's official death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic was lowered by over 5,000 on Wednesday (Aug 13) because the government adopted a new...
New pharmacy SOP removes ‘flexible opening’
In the wake of persisting Covid-19 pandemic, the NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) have issued an updated Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for community...
Pharmacies need government help to continue saving lives: says chair of All-Party Pharmacy Group
The new chair of the All-Party Pharmacy Group (APPG) has said that pharmacy teams need more support from Government to be able to play...
RPS demands clarity on role of pharmacists in flu vaccination programme
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has called for "urgent assurances about NHS plans for pharmacy" as fears grow over a winter resurgence of Covid-19...
UK scientists openly question government’s pandemic response
As the UK navigates its way through the coronavirus pandemic, the government insists that science is guiding its decisions. But a self-appointed group of...
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