UK set to extend Covid-19 lockdown as death toll jumps
The British government on Thursday (16) was expected to extend a nationwide lockdown for another three weeks, while the country's coronavirus death toll spiked...
RPS wants registration of ‘provisional pharmacists’ to be fast-tracked
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has called on the General Pharmaceutical Council to ensure pre-registration pharmacists are not “left in the limbo” and disadvantaged...
Pharmacy teams won’t be called to account for actions of NHS volunteers, say GPhC and RPS
Pharmacy professionals will not be held responsible for actions of NHS volunteers, if pharmacy teams “acted in accordance with the standards,” the GPhC and...
How smartphone apps can help ‘contact trace’ the new coronavirus
A global race is on to develop smartphone apps and other types of mobile phone surveillance systems to track and contain the spread of...
UK space technologies to boost NHS Coronavirus relief efforts
The UK Space Agency has launched a new drive on Tuesday (14) to fund space-enabled technology and services that can strengthen the NHS response...
Rate of COVID infections in carehomes may be as high as 70 per cent, head of Four Seasons says
The head of one of Britain’s largest independent providers of elderly care homes said he believed the rate of infections or suspected infections of...
More tests for social care staff desperately needed: NHS Confederation
NHS Confederation said on Wednesday (15) that more Covid-19 tests for social care staff is desperately needed, especially when the sector has been suffering...
‘Unless money is urgently found, community pharmacy in England will go to the wall’
The impact of Covid-19 will last a lot longer than the virus itself, a community pharmacy contractor has said.
Speaking to Pharmacy Business, Mike Hewitson added that English...
India to ship nearly three million packets of paracetamol to UK
The Indian government has approved the export of 2,800,000 packets of paracetamol to the UK.
The medicine will be distributed to leading UK supermarkets and...
UK was too slow to act on COVID-19 initially: Keir Starmer
Britain was initially too slow to respond to the novel coronavirus outbreak and did not learn quickly enough from other countries, opposition Labour Party leader...
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