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Patients and the public have their say about the great job being done by their community pharmacies.

PHE says pharmacy workers should wear fluid resistant surgical masks when it is not possible to maintain social distancing of two metres or more.

Emergency measures would allow pharmacists to supply without a script, use SSPs and adjust instalments.

The UK's four nations have responded differently to pharmacy's cashflow challenge. 

Asthma medications and insulin products make up the vast majority of the medicines newly added to the DHSC’s parallel export ban list.

A minute’s silence was held yesterday for the five Spanish pharmacists who have lost their lives to Covid-19.

Pharmacists outraged as the price of sertraline rockets past the £13 mark before falling again. “It’s a scandal,” says one.

Using volunteers to provide community pharmacy services is “uncharted territory” said the NPA.

Some community pharmacies must open on Good Friday and Easter Monday, NHS England & Improvement confirmed last night.

New guidance for pre-registration trainee pharmacy professionals has been issued in England, Wales and Scotland.

Pharmacy bodies are urging the Government to scrap all prescription charges in England for the duration of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Boots UK has said it will donate over 200,000 essential toiletries to NHS workers and charities that support vulnerable people.

Pharmacies in England will receive a £300 payment for installing protective barriers in order to reduce teams’ risk of Covid-19 infection.

Preventer inhaler plus preventer oral medication plus continuous oral steriods equals high risk.

APTUK has issued new guidance for pharmacy technicians returning to their roles during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Government has signed off on £300 million in advance funding for community pharmacies in England over the next two months.

Thornton & Ross is offering skincare products to health staff to combat the discomfort of Covid-19 safety measures.

Pharmacy bodies have signed a joint statement on the importance of social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Over a third of pharmacy staff have self-isolated over concerns they may be infected with Covid-19.

PDA warns off companies which threaten to report locums who raise rates to GPhC.