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Demand for private health cover surge amid NHS waiting list crisis

The UK health cover market was valued at £6.7 billion in 2022, marking a £385 million increase from the previous year Challenges in accessing the NHS waiting list are pushing...

Community Mental Health survey reveals only 39% felt supported by NHS mental health services

According to the community mental health survey, 42 per cent felt unsupported during critical waiting periods The NHS Long...

Over 50% of pharmacists with disabilities face workplace discrimination

‘Employers should create an environment where pharmacists with disabilities can work safely and without fear of discrimination’ The Pharmacists'...

DHSC issues supply notification for five different contraceptives

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply disruption notification for oral contraceptive tablets of various brands. The following oral...

Defect information notice issued for Ibuprofen tablets of Aspar

The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class four medicines defect information notice for Ibuprofen 200mg and 400mg tablets of Aspar Pharmaceuticals. The...

MHRA issues defect information notice for Trimogal tablets

The Medicines and Health products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a class four medicines defect information notice for Trimogal 100mg and 200mg tablets of...

Early human trial of Oxford uni vaccine shows promise; PM Johnson says ‘we’re not there yet’

AstraZeneca’s experimental Covid-19 vaccine was safe and produced an immune response in early-stage clinical trials in healthy volunteers, data showed on Monday (July 20). The...

University of East Anglia first in UK to offer accredited course for pharmacy technicians

The University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich has become the first UK higher education institute to offer an accredited course for pharmacy technicians. The...

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...

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