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RPS assembly advances strategic reforms for enhanced professional leadership
RPS to facilitate a "more accessible nomination process" and "advocate for deserving recognition of pharmacists and allied professionals"
In a recent update from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society(RPS) Assembly's March meeting,...
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Debt soars as pharmacies fight closure: Industry voices concern over pharmacy minister’s statements
While official statements paint a picture of a resilient pharmacy sector, industry stakeholders raise concerns about the disconnect...
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“PAGB unveils toolkit: Advocates for pharmacy inclusion, regulatory reforms
Future reclassifications of appropriate medicines can lead to a potential NHS saving of £1.4 billion.
With the upcoming general...
Coronavirus will change attitudes to pharmacy use and self care, PAGB survey suggests
Almost one in three people who would not have chosen a pharmacy as their first port of call for advice about a self-treatable condition...
UK secures 90 million possible Covid-19 vaccine doses
Britain has signed deals to secure 90 million doses of two possible Covid-19 vaccines from an alliance of Pfizer Inc and BioNTech, and French group...
UK pauses daily Covid-19 death toll update
Britain said on Saturday (July 18) it was pausing its daily update of the death toll from the coronavirus after the government ordered a review...
RPS aims to push nitrous oxide misuse issue into Parliament
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) is working with the parliamentarians in bid to end the misuse of nitrous oxide.
The pharmacy body is also trying...
New pharmacy advice service to support care home residents launches across Scotland
A new service which offers consultations and advice for minor illnesses is being launched in community pharmacies across Scotland.
The service will target care homes...
DHSC extends SSP for fluoxetine 40mg capsules
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has extended serious shortage protocol (SSP) for fluoxetine 40mg capsules (SSP06).
The SSP for these capsules has...
Former health minister Jackie Doyle-Price elected as chair of All-Party Pharmacy Group
Former minister of state for health Jackie Doyle-Price MP has been elected chair of the All-Party Pharmacy Group.
A former civil servant and Conservative Party...
UK boosts funding to ward off winter Covid-19 wave
Prime minister Boris Johnson is to pour £3 billion into England's National Health Service (NHS) to try to ward off any resurgence of the...
Three in five pharmacy staff worried about Covid-19 threat: PDA
Nearly 60 per cent of the community pharmacy staff feel anxious about the threat of Covid-19 at their workplace, a latest survey by the...
Pharmacists in midst of ‘greatest public health crisis in history’: Scottish health chief
Professor Jason Leitch, Scotland’s National Clinical Director of Healthcare Quality & Improvement, has praised pharmacists for reaching out to vulnerable people during the coronavirus...