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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...

Essential workers’ self-referral testing website closes as demand jumps

A website for essential workers in Britain applying to get a test for Covid-19 said on Friday (24) it was closed for new applicants just hours...

Covid-19 testing extended to all essential workers with symptoms    

All essential workers in England, and members of their households who are showing symptoms of coronavirus will now be able to get tested, the...

PDA to host live webinar to support pre-reg pharmacists

The Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA) will hold a live webinar for its pre-registration pharmacist members at 07.30 pm on Wednesday (29). The webinar will be...

RPS demands occupational health support for all pharmacists

Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has urged the government to extend greater occupational health support for all pharmacists, in line with arrangements for GPs and...

Pharmacies may remain open on May bank holiday

NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) may ask community pharmacies to remain open on May 8th bank holiday. Community pharmacies remained open on Good Friday...

Calls for pre-reg visa extension

The Home Office has been asked to extend visa for pre-reg pharmacists for a year following announcement last month that doctors, nurses and paramedics...

UK not asking doctors to compromise on PPE: Hancock

Guidance for personal protective equipment (PPE) in hospitals is based on clinical advice and does not ask doctors to compromise on safety, British health...

UK Covid-19 death toll climbs to 18,738

Britain's health ministry on Thursday (23) said 616 more people had died after testing positive for the novel coronavirus in hospital, taking the country's...

RPS releases Covid-19 critical care information to support NHS

Pharmaceutical Press of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society on Thursday (23) announced the release of essential drug information to support those working in critical care...

MHRA approves Covid-19 vaccine trial  

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved the Covid-19 Oxford Vaccine Trial request to trial a vaccine to prevent Covid-19 in...

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