England reaches ‘a crucial milestone’ as it offers Covid-19 vaccines to all care homes
NHS England said it expected later on Monday (Feb 1) to have offered the Covid-19 vaccine to residents at every care home with older...
UK orders 40m more doses of Valneva vaccine
The government has ordered 40 million further doses of Valneva’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate for 2022, bringing its total orders to 100 million, the French...
PDA launches vaccine portal for locum pharmacists
The Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) has developed a web portal to assist locum pharmacists to access Covid-19 vaccination service similar to their fellow employed...
Boots in Newport faces potential closure after failing to abide by coronavirus regulations
A Boots store in Newport Retail Park is facing potential closure after it was issued with improvement notices for not adhering to the coronavirus...
Scotland set to vaccinate above 70s against Covid-19 from next week
People in Scotland aged 70 and above will get Covid-19 vaccines in a range of settings from Monday (Feb 1) as the vaccination programme...
RPS launches survey to create new online pharmacists network
RPS launches survey to create new online pharmacists network
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has launched a new survey that will help to develop a new online...
Pharmacist Raj Patel discusses youth jobs scheme with chancellor Rishi Sunak
A leading community pharmacy contractor has endorsed the government’s Kickstart employment scheme by saying that it has helped his pharmacies cope with staff shortages...
Team of pioneering pharmacists in South Tyneside start vaccinating housebound patients
A team of pioneering community pharmacists in South Tyneside have started administering Covid-19 vaccinations to housebound patients.
The joint effort by 22 community pharmacists who...
Invatech Health completes £2.2 million funding for pharmacy software Titan
Invatech Health has secured an award of £900,000 from Innovate UK for its cutting-edge pharmacy software Titan.
The latest round of funding takes the total...
Derbyshire pharmacist starts community pharmacy vaccine roll-out by giving jab to his father
By Eddie Bisknell
A Normanton pharmacist has given his own father the Covid-19 vaccine on the first day of the roll-out by community pharmacies in...
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