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Boots supports community pharmacists become Mental Health First Aiders

PDA encourages representatives at Boots to undertake Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training Pharmacists, who are working on the frontline of healthcare, can play an important role in raising awareness...

Surge in stroke cases could cost UK £75bn by 2035, charity warns

By 2035, there will be 151,000 hospital admissions due to stroke every year, averaging 414 admissions per day...

NHS and i.AI forge historic collaboration to boost healthcare

AI assisting NHS to half treatment times for stroke patients and overall patient care experience The Department of Health...

RPS in England welcomes to second part of PHE report on impact of Covid-19 on BAME groups

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has welcomed the Public Health England report- 'Understanding the impact of Covid-19 on BAME groups'. The PHE review of disparities...

UK restricts parallel export of Dexamethasone  

Two additional formulations of oral and injection solutions of Dexamethasone have been added to the list of medicines which are not meant for parallel export...

DHSC issues supply notification for Stanek and Sastravi tablets

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has issued a medicine supply notification for various strengths of Stanek and Sastravi (levodopa/carbidopa/entacapone) tablets. Teva and...

Hancock visits London pharmacy; thanks pharmacy teams for Covid-19 efforts

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has thanked the community pharmacy teams for their role during current Covid-19 pandemic. During a visit to Market Chemist in London...

UK virus death toll hits 53,077

The UK’s Covid-19 death toll has hit 53,077, according to a Reuters tally of official data sources that underline the country's status as one...

Frontline staff, including pharmacists, to get psychological first aid training to fight Covid-19

All frontline staff, including community pharmacists and volunteers at the forefront of the national Covid-19 response across England, can now access a new psychological...

Steroid drug hailed as ‘breakthrough’ in Covid-19 as trial shows it saves lives

A cheap and widely-used steroid called dexamethasone has become the first drug shown to be able to save lives among Covid-19 patients in what...

MHRA suspends hydroxychloroquine trial recruitment

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has instructed UK clinical trialists using hydroxychloroquine to treat or prevent coronavirus to suspend recruitment of...

NPA calls for parliamentary scrutiny on medicine regulations

The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has said that changes to regulations on medicines supply should be subject to parliamentary scrutiny. The Medicines and Medical Devices...

UK funds human trials of potential virus vaccine  

Scientists at Imperial College London will start the first clinical trials of a potential Covid-19 vaccine this week with more than £45 million in backing...

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