‘Despicable’: UK’s chief medical adviser harassed
Boris Johnson on Tuesday condemned the "despicable" harassment of the government's top medical adviser, Chris Whitty, after footage emerged on social media of two men grabbing...
AstraZeneca tests booster jab against Covid variant
AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford on Sunday (June 27) began new trials to test a modified vaccine against the Beta variant, which first...
NHS England commissions wellbeing survey of primary care workforce
The Institute for Employment Studies (IES) has been asked to conduct a study of the wellbeing of the primary care workforce.
The NHS England-commissioned short...
Kent Pharma acquires Dalkeith Group
Kent-Athlone Pharma Group has acquired drug distributor Dalkeith for an undisclosed sum.
Kent Pharmaceuticals and Athlone Laboratories is a manufacturer and distributor of specialist off...
Category M prices for the month of July
The NHS Business Services Authority NHSBSA has announced the Drug Tariff Category M pricelist for the month of July today (June 28).
According to the list,...
Over 10 million Covid-19 vaccines administered in the North East and Yorkshire
According to the government, more than 10 million Covid-19 vaccines have been administered in the North East and Yorkshire.
More than 5.7 million people have now received...
PSNC accepts government offer on Covid costs; sector still needs to pay back £370m in six EMIs
The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has accepted a "much-improved" offer from the government in relation to the additional costs incurred by community pharmacists...
Give us a level-playing field in the integrated care systems: Community pharmacy asks Sajid Javid
Community pharmacy has remained united in asking the newly appointed health secretary Sajid Javid to allow the sector a level-playing field in the integrated care...
New programme to offer Covid, flu jabs at same time in pharmacies
The vaccine booster programme that starts later this year would offer Covid vaccine and a flu jab at the same time using high street...
Profile: Sajid Javid, the new health secretary
Sajid Javid has replaced Matt Hancock as health secretary after the latter stepped down for breaking social distancing guidelines.
Javid previously held the so-called great...
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