Putting community pharmacy at heart of self care
By Michelle Riddalls
The coronavirus pandemic has had an enormous impact on all of us. It has affected the way we live, work and care...
Exclusive: Time to reset how community pharmacy delivers healthcare in the post-Covid-19 world
By Steve Anderson
COVID-19 has had a huge impact on our lives and will continue to do so for many months to come even as...
Hancock urges people to get tested for Covid-19 as access expanded further
Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Friday (June 26) has urged the public to get tested for Covid-19 as access to virus testing has expanded...
NHS gets record number of medical staff
The numbers of professionally qualified clinical staff, doctors, nurses, scientific, therapeutic and technical staff and support to clinical staff in the NHS are at...
AstraZeneca, Moderna ahead in Covid-19 vaccine race: WHO
AstraZeneca's experimental Covid-19 vaccine is probably the world's leading candidate and most advanced in terms of development, the World Health Organization's (WHO) chief scientist said on...
New Europe-wide Study shows child virus deaths ‘extremely rare’
Fewer than one in a hundred children who test positive for Covid-19 end up dying although a small but significant percentage develop severe illness,...
Govt claims ‘major milestone’ with two billion PPE items delivered to NHS and social care staff
Two billion personal protection equipment (PPE) items have been delivered to the NHS and social care staff across the UK since the start of...
Over two-thirds of BAME pharmacy workforce yet to be risk-assessed for susceptibility to Covid-19
More than two-thirds of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) pharmacy workforce across primary and secondary care have yet to be risk-assessed for Covid-19,...
England virus test and trace system fails to reach positive cases
England's Covid-19 test and trace system could not reach a quarter of people who had their cases transferred to the system after a positive...
AstraZeneca taps Scottish firm for virus vaccine supply deal
AstraZeneca has signed its tenth supply-and-manufacturing deal for its experimental Covid-19 vaccine with a Scotland-backed firm as the British drugmaker ramps up efforts for wider trials...
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