NHS invests £20m to speed up cancer checks
To speed up cancer diagnosis, the NHS has announced ‘skin snaps’ and rapid tests for same-day diagnosis among a package of measures to get...
New profile for pharmacies on NHS website
The NHS website has launched a new public-facing profile for pharmacies to better meet the needs of patients, feature improved support for mobile devices,...
Healthcare bodies call for mandatory masks in all healthcare settings in England
Various healthcare organisations from across England have written to the prime minister calling for face masks to be mandatory in all healthcare settings.
The wearing...
Sajid Javid visits care home in South London
Health secretary Sajid Javid has said reforms in the social care sector will be a huge priority for him.
“Social care is as important to...
Contractors urged to make masks mandatory in pharmacies
Community pharmacy owners have been advised to ask their members of staff to continue wearing face coverings even after July 19, the so-called 'freedom day'.
Pharmacists'...
Claire Anderson elected as RPS president
Professor Claire Anderson has been elected as president of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.Â
She was previously chair of English Pharmacy Board and is the second...
Class 4 medicines defect information for Sevredol 10mg and 20mg tablets
Napp Pharmaceuticals has noticed an error in the PIL of specific batches of Sevredol 10 mg Tablets and Sevredol 20 mg Tablets.
The affected batch...
‘Keep LFD test kits away from direct sunlight’
The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has reminded all community pharmacy contractors of the storage conditions for lateral flow device (LFD) test kits.
As the country predicts to see...
FIP launches vaccination handbook for pharmacists
A new vaccination handbook has been launched for pharmacists by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) on Monday (July 12), to help them improve the...
Solihull pharmacists jailed for illegally supplying ‘Zolpidem’ worth £600,000 to Trinidad and Tobago
Solihull pharmacists Narvinder Nandra and Dean Dookhan were sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on Monday (July 12) for illegally supplying a prescription-only medicine to the...
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