Three quarters of people visited a pharmacist for minor ailments during the pandemic: Study
Over three quarters (77pc) of respondents of a national poll agreed that it was more appropriate and more convenient for them to visit a...
NPA’s pharmacy job creation scheme gets off to a flying start with 400 placements since November
A pharmacy job creation scheme, launched by the National Pharmacy Association, has got off to a flying start after it reached 400 placements in...
Pharmacy bodies demand continued pharmacy access to Summary Care Records
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the Pharmaceutical Standards Negotiating Committee have demanded that pharmacists should be given continued access to the additional information in...
Queen in line for jab as the first doses of Pfizer’s virus vaccine are set to be administered on Tuesday
Queen Elizabeth II would receive the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine within weeks, newspaper reports on Sunday said, as the UK was set to become the...
Fauci apologises for casting doubt over MHRA’s approval of Pfizer vaccine
Top U.S. infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci apologised on Thursday (Dec 3) for casting doubt on the rigor of the British regulators who approved...
UK’s Covid-19 death toll surpasses 60,000
The United Kingdom’s total death toll from Covid-19 surpassed 60,000 on Thursday, by the government’s preferred measure of deaths within 28 days of a...
CPS backs Oxford’s Covid-19 treatment trial
Community Pharmacy Scotland has endorsed a Covid-19 treatment trial lead by Oxford University, paving the way for the research to reach out to a...
RPS renews calls to change medicines law to allow community pharmacists the power to amend scripts
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has renewed it demand for pharmacists to be allowed to make minor changes to a prescription when a medicine is...
Well launches £120 Covid-19 PCR testing
Amidst calls for more Covid-19 PCR testing, Well Pharmacy today launched of a brand new in-pharmacy and online test to offer communities and patients...
Pharmacists’ expertise crucial in success of virus jabs but safety of staff and patients paramount: RPS
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has reiterated that pharmacists have the expertise to play a crucial role in administering Covid-19 vaccinations.
"We need assurances from the NHS...
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