COVID-19

The NHS Confederation's Health and Care Women Leaders Network found "a significant rise" in female staff reporting poor health.

The number of melanoma diagnoses fell 28 per cent from April to November 2020 compared to the previous year. 

Eighty-eight per cent of candidates sitting the online registration assessment in March achieved a pass, the GPhC announced this morning.

The first peak of the Covid pandemic last year saw a 300 per cent rise in healthcare workers suffering from mental health problems.

Over 90 per cent of community pharmacists would be eager to take part in an annual Covid-19 booster vaccination programme similar to the flu jab service given the right funding and support, a new survey shows.

Formal talks on contractual arrangements for the 2021-22 funding year have kicked off between PSNC, NHS England and the DH. 

An app revealing the number of Covid cases within one to 10 miles of someone’s home has been used over three million times.

Independent prescribing training for pharmacists will be a “game changer” for the NHS in Scotland, the sector negotiator has said. 

Boris Johnson said people could take a pill at home to reduce the symptoms of Covid or stop them getting it.

The Scottish National Party has said that if it wins the May 6 election it will create a state-owned pharmaceutical agency.

Over 90 per cent of community pharmacies in England have signed up to provide a new Covid-19 test distribution service, the Government has said.

Data on medicines prescribed and administered in hospitals will be collected as part of research into patients' Covid care.

Northern Ireland health minister Robin Swann has announced his support for a service commissioning plan for community pharmacies in 2021-22. 

Pregnant women should get a Covid-19 vaccine based on their age and clinical risk group.

PureGym has joined forces with a Midlands-based pharmacy group to administer Covid vaccines.

The family of a pharmacist who died from Covid have set up a fund to build classrooms in impoverished areas of Pakistan.  

A dramatic reduction in the size of the OTC cough and cold market during the pandemic could become a long-term trend, the PAGB has warned. 

More community pharmacies are needed to head up Covid-19 vaccination sites in a number of specified locations, NHS England has said. 

EPB member professor Mahendra Patel has insisted the Covid vaccine is fine for people about to fast. 

Early treatment with inhaled budesonide shortens recovery time among Covid-19 patients being treated in the community, PRINCIPLE has shown.