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Opioid overdose: Pharmacy professionals to be able to supply naloxone without a prescription
DHSC also publishes a new 10-year strategic plan to expand and improve the drug and alcohol workforce
The UK government has announced plans to update legislation to enable more...
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New NHS patient choice scheme offers 5 options, but nursing shortages persist
Royal College of Nursing CE urges caution amidst new NHS patient choice pilot scheme rollout
"Patients deserve choice, but...
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Prof Ryan Donnelly awarded prestigious RPS Harrison Memorial Medal 2024
RPS HMM winner Professor Donnelly's work has secured £30M+ funding through his pioneering work in developing advanced polymeric...
Pharmacy Business Diversity Conference – session summary: ‘Improving ethnic diversity in workplace is a never-ending journey’
The journey on building inclusive teams and increasing ethnic diversity and representation at all levels is never ending, said Sanjay Bhandari, chair at Kick...
Pharmacy Business Diversity Conference – session summary: ‘More needs to be done for inclusion of LGBTQ in workplace
There is a great scope of improvement regarding the inclusion of LGBTQ people in the pharmaceutical sector, panelists said at the Pharmacy Business Diversity...
70 per cent of community pharmacies still waiting for government nod to start Covid booster jab
Nearly 70 per cent of community pharmacies in England that offered to participate in the Covid-19 booster programme are still waiting for approval or...
PSNC supports changes in directives to enable original pack dispensing by pharmacists
Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has expressed its support for alterations in the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 to enable original pack dispensing (OPD) and...
Hospital admissions could hit new high with Omicron: Chris Whitty
Daily hospital admissions in Britain could soon hit a new high because the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading so fast, piling pressure on a health service struggling with staff sickness, England's chief medical officer...
AstraZeneca says its antibody cocktail has worked against Omicron in a lab-study
AstraZeneca said on Thursday (December 16) a lab-study of its Covid-19 antibody cocktail, Evusheld, found that the treatment retained neutralising activity against the Omicron...
NPA urges public to respect mask-wearing rules in pharmacies
Following reports that many customers and patients are not wearing masks on pharmacy premises, National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has urged the public to respect...
PQS deadline extended to ease pressure on community pharmacies
To ease pressure on community pharmacies, the deadline to meet the requirements of the Pharmacy Quality Scheme (PQS) will be extended, Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating...
Long Read – PHARMACY BUSINESS DIVERSITY CONFERENCE 2021: ‘Diversity has an incredible buzz, and it works’
Lord Karan Bilimoria has renewed calls for the introduction of mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting in the fight against inequality in UK businesses.
The president...
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...