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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...

GSK, Sanofi delay data on Covid-19 vaccine booster candidate until 2022

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Sanofi said on Wednesday (December 15) they expect data from late-stage clinical trials of its booster dose of their Covid-19 vaccine candidate in...

UK reports first death with Omicron coronavirus variant

At least one person has died in the United Kingdom after contracting the Omicron coronavirus variant, prime minister Boris Johnson said on Monday (December...

Two from NHSBSA win Inspiring Leaders Awards

Both head of customer operations Dan Britton and chief executive Michael Brodie at the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) have won the Inspiring Leaders...

Wholesaler Alliance Healthcare wins Covid award

Alliance Healthcare UK has won a 'special achievement' award for its work during the Covid-19 pandemic at the Logistics UK Awards 2021. The pharmaceutical wholesaler and...

Cambridge’s Department of Chemistry to be renamed in honour of Cipla boss Yusuf Hamied

The University of Cambridge has renamed the Department of Chemistry in honour of Dr Yusuf Hamied, following a “generous benefaction” from his foundation. The department...

Calls for more pharmacies to help with coronavirus booster jab rollout

By Ciaran Duggan, Local Democracy Reporter Calls have been made for more pharmacies to help with the rollout of the county’s coronavirus booster jabs. Around 25 pharmacies...

GPhC to convene new group on post-registration education and training

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) today decided to convene a new group, involving all the key stakeholders, focused on assurance of practice post-registration. The decision...

ABPI promotes new approach for individual data on payments  

The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) today released a new guidance to pharmaceutical companies using Disclosure UK which it said will boost...

Retrospective concessionary price for Isocarboxazid 10mg tablets

The Department of Health and Social Care have retrospectively granted a concessionary price for Isocarboxazid 10mg tablets for the months of May and June...

British researchers start recruiting for clinical trial to test novel antiviral Covid-19 treatments

Researchers from the University of Oxford today (December 8) started recruiting for a clinical trial to test novel antiviral Covid-19 treatments for early use...

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