Britain set to isolate over-70s as coronavirus deaths rise to 35
Britain will isolate older people "within weeks" and force into quarantine anyone diagnosed with coronavirus, the government said as it stepped up measures that have...
DHSC issues coronavirus guidance for adult social care sector
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) on Friday launched a new guidance for adult social care to better protect the most vulnerable against...
DHSC publishes first list of March price concessions
The Department of Health and Social Care on Friday announced the first list of drug price concessions for March.
The list of prices, revealed by PSNC,...
NPA demands contingency fund for pharmacies to tackle coronavirus impact
National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has called for a series of contingency measures for pharmacies to mitigate against the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19).
The association said...
PDA cancels national conference in coronavirus response
The PDA today announced that it will be cancelling four events including its national conference on account of the ongoing coronavirus situation.
The national conference...
GPhC launches guidance on getting medicines online
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), along with other healthcare regulators, today launched a new guide to help people access safe and right medicines or...
Parallel trade must continue after end of transition period, asserts BAEPD chief
The British Association of European Pharmaceutical Distributors (BAEPD) has said parallel pharmaceutical trade should continue beyond 31st December 2020, the end of the 11-month...
EXPLAINED: The logic behind Britain’s coronavirus ‘delay’ bet
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has cautioned that more families will lose their loved ones to the coronavirus but has taken a distinctly different...
Mixed bag for retailers as coronavirus fears grow
A sign reading ‘hand sanitiser available here’ flaps in the wind outside a food shop in West Croydon.
Abid Budd who works at Savemore in...
West Lothian village gets second pharmacy
Blackburn in West Lothian, Scotland is set to welcome a second pharmacy.
“A further action within the Blackburn’s Future Plan that came from the consultation carried out...
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