Revised SOPs for pharmacy – flexible opening hours, medicines delivery to “shielded” patients
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has issued a revised standard operating procedure (SOP) for community pharmacies.
The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has also...
Pharmacist says price hike ‘reflective of the price’ they pay
Some Hoe Street shops have more than doubled the normal price of essential items in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.
A 9-pack of...
LloydsPharmacy introduces new opening hours and social distance policy
LloydsPharmacy has introduced new opening hours and a social distancing policy, effective from Friday (20 March), in response to the rising demand due to...
Government to meet up to 80% of wages; announces VAT cash boost
Government will pay a massive share of private sector wage bills to discourage bosses from firing staff as it resorts to war-time levels of...
UK closes pubs, restaurants and theatres
Prime Minister Boris Johnson effectively closed down the United Kingdom on Friday, ordering pubs, restaurants, theatres, cinemas and gyms to shut their doors in...
GPhC contacts former pharmacists as NHS urges them to come back to fight COVID-19
The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPHC) said it is contacting former pharmacy professionals as the NHS has called upon them, alongside doctors, nurses and other...
GPhC, CMA talk tough on COVID-19 profiteering
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a taskforce to tackle unscrupulous business practices during the COVID-19 crisis.
The competition watchdog had earlier this...
Broad ‘key worker’ definition includes pharmacy staff, PSNC clarifies
PSNC has clarified that pharmacists and pharmacy staff include in the ‘key worker’ list announced by the government yesterday (19 March).
The ‘key worker’ status...
DHSC publishes second list of March price concessions
The Department of Health and Social Care on Thursday announced the second list of drug price concessions for March.
The list of prices, revealed by PSNC, is...
Two new community pharmacy services on the anvil to fight COVID-19
The government is planning to commission two new services from the community pharmacy sector to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, PSNC revealed yesterday (19 March)
NHS...
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