Tag: NHSE&I
Community pharmacies deliver over 22 million Covid-19 jabs in one year
Community pharmacies played a central role in the government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, delivering more than 22 million jabs in the past 12...
New Medicine Service quarterly data reporting paused
Considering the challenges being faced by pharmacies and involvement of their workforce in the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination programme, the requirement to report New Medicine...
NHSE&I appoints first pharmacy technician advisor to chief pharmaceutical officer’s team
In a first, NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) has appointed a pharmacy technician to the chief pharmaceutical officer’s team.
Liz Fidler, president at the...
Pharmacy contractors can now use “flexible approach” in collecting patient feedback
All pharmacy contractors will now be able to use a more flexible approach while conducting an annual assessment of patient satisfaction, with no mandatory...
Hypovase 500mg tablets face supply disruption
Hypovase (prazosin) 500 microgram tablets, manufactured by drug major Pfizer, will remain out of stock until mid-January 2022 due to a manufacturing issue.
The Department...
New drug to treat spinal muscular atrophy will be available on NHS
Around 1,500 people in England with the rare genetic disorder spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) are set to benefit from a new treatment following a...