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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...

How To Get Your Daily Intake Of Zinc

Zinc is an essential mineral that helps your body to function. It has many purposes, including contributing towards the normal function of your immune...

PDA calls for a minute’s silence for health workers felled by coronavirus

The Pharmacists' Defence Association (PDA) is calling for a minute's silence next week to remember the health workers who have been killed by Covid-19...

Pharmacies to get new display posters on Covid-19 this week

All pharmacies are expected to receive new display posters on Covid-19 by the end of this week. NHS England and NHS Improvement have announced that...

GSK medicine packs may not have batch number, expiry date due to machinery defect

Glaxosmithkline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare UK has informed MHRA that a small number of packs may not have the batch number and expiry date printed...

RPS welcomes access to Covid-19 testing  

The RPS has welcomed the latest development that testing for Covid-19 will be made available to community pharmacy teams in England. Contractors have been sent...

How Does Aging Affect the Immune System?

The process of aging is not a pleasant one, but it is inevitable. Your physical and cognitive abilities will deteriorate as you get older,...

What Kind of Medical Equipment Do Veterinarians Need?

Veterinarians take care of our little pet friends on a daily basis. Their job is often even more challenging than that of the doctors,...

Early Covid-19 test used on health workers was not effective: Minister

Some of the early tests used to check whether British health workers had the coronavirus were inffective, junior health minister Helen Whately said on...

Self-isolating Boots pharmacists support NHS 111 service  

Self-isolating Boots pharmacists have started to lend their support to the NHS 111 triage service by providing pharmacy advice to the patients over phone. The...

UK’s Covid-19 death toll is far higher than daily figure: Data

The true extent of Britain's Covid-19 death toll was more than 40 per cent higher than the government's daily figures indicated as of April 10,...

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