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Boots supports community pharmacists become Mental Health First Aiders

PDA encourages representatives at Boots to undertake Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training Pharmacists, who are working on the frontline of healthcare, can play an important role in raising awareness...

Surge in stroke cases could cost UK £75bn by 2035, charity warns

By 2035, there will be 151,000 hospital admissions due to stroke every year, averaging 414 admissions per day...

NHS and i.AI forge historic collaboration to boost healthcare

AI assisting NHS to half treatment times for stroke patients and overall patient care experience The Department of Health...

Pharmacist Support launches mental health programme for pharmacy students

Pharmacist Support, the profession’s independent charity, has launched a campaign to help students focus on their mental wellbeing, anxiety, and make them feel mentally prepared for...

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Asians must get tested for cancer’

By Barnie Choudhury Getting screened and tested early for cancer is a personal battle, Sajid Javid revealed. Speaking to Eastern Eye, a sister publication of Pharmacy...

Asymptomatic pharmacy staff to continue with Covid LFD tests

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that community pharmacy teams will continue with Covid-19 lateral flow device (LFD) tests twice...

‘Harmful’ chewed tobacco products face clampdown

Cancer-causing chewed tobacco products are facing a clampdown 16 years after scientists warned of their dangerous contents, a government statement said. The department of health...

NICE issues interventional procedures guidance on use of liposuction 

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)'s independent committee has called for more research to ensure liposuction for treatment of chronic lipoedema...

‘Pharmacogenomic testing should be deployed across NHS’

The recently published report by the British Pharmacological Society and the Royal College of Physicians encourages use of pharmacogenomic testing across the NHS to improve...

Essential Pharma appoints ex Accord executive as general counsel

Essential Pharma has announced the appointment of Andrew Webb as general counsel, EVP Legal and Compliance in the UK. With significant global pharmaceutical corporate and...

Single Activity Fee reverts to £1.27 from April 1

The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has updated the pharmacy contractors that the value of the Single Activity Fee will revert to £1.27 per...

Britain may still be wasting billions on Covid gear, spending watchdog warns

Britain may be wasting nearly £3 billion on contracts for Covid-19 gear that have not given value for money, with millions spent each month...

Free testing ends on April 1 but healthcare workers, vulnerable to still get Covid-19 tests without charge

Britain said on Tuesday that healthcare workers, social care staff and the most vulnerable will still get Covid-19 tests without any charge when it...

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