Tag: NHS
Patients risk access to care, medicines due to pharmacist workforce crisis
The ongoing pharmacist workforce crisis has posed a significant risk to patients’ access to care, medicines and advice -- particularly affecting the elderly and...
GPhC urges pharmacy staff to take Covid jab as government keeps them out of mandatory ambit
In a recent announcement the government has mandated frontline NHS staff to be vaccinated against Covid-19, keeping people working in community pharmacies out of...
NHS faces busiest ever month in October; Powis wants pharmacies to share minor illness burden
Community pharmacy may have to share workload as NHS emergency service – 999 - has faced the busiest ever month in October with staff...
Scarce staffing, increased demand pushes NHS to “tipping point”
Lack of staffing and increased demand from patients is mounting unsustainable pressure on the NHS, putting patient safety and care at risk, a new...
Patient group direction and national protocol for pharmacy contractors is out to support flu jabs of frontline staff
NHS England and NHS Improvement have issued the patient group direction (PGD) and national protocol for community pharmacy contractors to support flu vaccination of...
NHS chief urges people to take Covid jab – ‘an evergreen offer’
With the approaching winter, the NHS chief executive has urged people to come forward to take a Covid-19 jab at nearby pharmacies, clinics, GP...