‘NHS Test and Trace discrepancy could lead to widespread pharmacy closures for up to two weeks’
Pharmacy leaders have warned ministers and NHS officials that Test and Trace discrepancies could lead to widespread pharmacy closures for two weeks, risking timely...
Hancock says UK at ‘perilous moment’ after 17,540 new Covid cases reported
Health secretary Matt Hancock warned the United Kingdom was at a “perilous moment” as more than 17,540 new daily Covid-19 cases were recorded on...
Boots pharmacists’ pay dispute referred to ACAS after talks fail to reach agreement
Pay negotiations between Boots and the Pharmacists’ Defence Association Union (PDAU) have been referred to the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) after reaching...
Pharmacies to get flu vaccination materials from this week
Community pharmacies will start receiving flu vaccination materials by courier from Friday (October 9), the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has said.
The resources, which...
Pharmacy bodies back calls to make self-care an integrated part of the country’s health system
A coalition of healthcare organisations has published a joint statement calling for a national strategy for self-care that puts community pharmacy at its centre.
The...
Virus testing system hit by Roche supply issues
UK's Covid-19 testing system, already struggling with a surge in new cases, was facing fresh disruption on Wednesday (Oct 7) after Swiss pharmaceutical giant...
UK rations remdesivir as Covid hospitalisations rise
Government has rationed its supplies of the antiviral drug remdesivir and is prioritising Covid-19 patients who need it most in the face of rising...
Scotland to impose two-week mini lockdown from Friday: The Sun
To tackle a surge in Covid-19 cases, Scotland is ‘to bring in two-week circuit breaker coronavirus lockdown at 7pm on Friday’, The Sun newspaper...
PM plays down technical failure of Coivid-19 testing data system
Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday (Oct 5) sought to play down a failure in England’s Covid-19 testing data system that delayed 15,841 results,...
Vaccine task force head says vaccinating all of UK ‘not going to happen’
Kate Bingham, head of the UK's vaccine task force, said that vaccinating everyone in the country for the coronavirus was ‘not going to happen’.
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