UK launches largest survey to document the impact of Covid-19 on ethnic and religious minorities
A new survey has been launched to examine the lives of 17,000 ethnic and religious minority people to highlight the issues they have faced...
PDA urges pharmacists to encourage BAME patients to get vaccinated
The Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA) has launched a new campaign on Wednesday (Feb 17) calling on all pharmacists to have Covid-19 vaccine and encourage others, especially...
NHS lowers minimum threshold to 400 jabs a week for pharmacy-led vaccination sites
Community pharmacy contractors who can provide up to 400 vaccines per week have now been offered the opportunity to contribute to the Covid-19 vaccination programme.
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LloydsPharmacy drive cuts NHS cancer workload
Amid mounting care backlog caused by the pandemic, LloydsPharmacy's healthcare centres have been lauded for supporting patients by expanding their capacity to care and relieving...
Perrigo forges alliance with British Lung Foundation for better respiratory health
Drugmaker Perrigo has forged a new alliance with the British Lung Foundation (BLF) to drive what the company calls "better lung health in the...
‘An extra 1.7m people are vulnerable to Covid’
The government's medical advisers have identified an extra 1.7 million people vulnerable to becoming seriously ill or dying from Covid-19 by combining factors such...
Bristol Labs director PM Raju succumbs to Covid-19
The co-founder and a senior director of Bristol Laboratories, one of the country’s leading generic medicine manufacturers, died last Sunday (Feb 14) after contracting...
Covid-19 in retreat in UK as ‘R’ number falls below one for first time since July
The Covid-19 pandemic in Britain is retreating and the reproduction “R” number, which measures transmission rates, has dropped below 1 for the first time...
Wales becomes first UK country to hit target to vaccinate top four priority groups
Wales has become the first UK country to have offered a Covid-19 vaccination to everyone in the top four priority groups including community pharmacists,...
Contractors urged to facilitate pharmacy staff to get Covid-19 vaccination
The Pharmacy Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has asked all community pharmacy contractors to complete formalities to allow pharmacy staff to get vaccinated against Covid-19.
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