Retrospective price adjustment for Priadel
The PSNC and Department of Health and Social Care (DH) have made a retrospective drug tariff price adjustment request to the NHS Business Service...
GPhC announces pre-registration exam date
The General Pharmaceutical Council has announced that it will hold two separate sittings of the online pre-registration assessment in March next year.
The exams will...
UK secures two million more doses of Moderna vaccine; Nadhim Zahawi to lead jabs deployment
Britain has secured two million doses of Moderna Inc’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate, to be available in Europe as early as the spring, the government...
Get ready for Covid-19 vaccination programme from late Dec-early Jan, NHS England tells contractors
“We have heard loud and clear that community pharmacy wants to play its part in this hugely important challenge of delivering the vaccination programme...
DH releases final drug price concessions list for November
The Department of Health and Social Care (DH) on Monday (November 30) has released the final drug price concessions list for November 2020.
The final...
Healthcare distributors welcome European Commission’s pharmaceutical strategy
European healthcare distributors have welcomed a much-awaited pharmaceutical strategy which was adopted by the European Commission on Wednesday (Nov 25).
In a statement issued today,...
Pharmacies asked use RTEC to save time, avoid Covid-19 risks
Community pharmacies have been asked to register to use Real Time Exemption Checking (RTEC) facility to save their time and avoid Covid-19 risks.
The RTEC...
Flu vaccination uptake among healthcare workers climbs amid Covid-19
Flu vaccination uptake during the pandemic has moved up among healthcare workers, including community pharmacy staff, data from Public Health England has revealed.
By the...
Superdrug launches mental health app to support people during Covid-19
Superdrug has launched a doctor-led mental health consultation app to support the needy to get mental health support during Covid-19 pandemic.
MindCare from Superdrug Online Doctor...
Pandemic delivery service to end next week
As the second national lockdown ends, so will the pandemic delivery service, on December 3. However, the service will resume at any time if...
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