Community pharmacists urge PM to intervene and waive off £300m cash advance, ‘The Times’ reports
Over a thousand community pharmacists have written to the prime minister asking him to intervene as the sector faces financial ruin in the wake...
Remdesivir to be used on ‘selected’ Covid-19 cases
The government today (May 26) announced that selected patients with severe Covid-19 will be allowed to be treated with remdesivir.
The specific criteria for the...
PSNC presses for new approach to script switching
Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has raised concerns about the appropriateness of prescription switching during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Community pharmacy contractors have started to receive...
Contractors can claim early May bank holiday payments  Â
Community pharmacy contractors can now claim their payment for opening their respective pharmacies on the Early May Bank Holiday.
NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I)...
One-hour Covid-19 test being trialed at London hospitals Â
A Covid-19 test that gives results in just over an hour and which requires no laboratory, potentially allowing for swifter testing of much larger...
AstraZeneca gets £822m from US to fund Covid-19 vaccine
British pharmaceuticals group AstraZeneca on Thursday (May 21) said it had secured more than $1 billion (£0.82bn) from the US to help fund production...
Oxford expands virus vaccine trial to older adults and children
Oxford University said on Friday (May 22) it is recruiting thousands of volunteers for the next phase in human trials of a coronavirus vaccine that it...
GPhC sets criteria for provisional registration of pre-regs; assessment to move online
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has decided on the criteria to register pharmacists on a provisional basis as part its response to the COVID-19...
Codeword scheme to use pharmacy visits to tackle rise in domestic abuse
Domestic abuse victims will be able to seek help by giving a codeword to shop staff or pharmacists under a new scheme announced on...
Well doubles online capacity to meet growing patient demand due to pandemic
Due to growing patient demand during the COVID-19 pandemic, Well Pharmacy has doubled its online capacity.
While the chain was seeing approximately 3,000 patients a...
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