COVID-19

Community pharmacies vaccinated more than 650,000 NHS patients in the first three weeks of this year’s flu jab service.

Providing Pharmaceutical Care in Crisis Situations updates guidance first published in the spring.

The head of the NHS in England has criticised Priadel manufacturer Essential Pharma for discontinuing the drug.

Consumers increasingly turned to pharmacists during the Covid-19 pandemic for OTC and health advice.

The GPhC is facing calls to scrap the requirement to sit a registration exam this year. 

Some provisionally-registered pharmacists who joined in August have had a Covid-19 risk assessment.

Boots has stopped taking new bookings for its flu vaccination service for people aged 65 and over.

A superintendent pharmacist has warned his stores will need to start turning away flu jab patients.

RPS director of pharmacy Robbie Turner warns employers must ensure staff are risk-assessed for Covid-19.

GPhC comes under criticism for lack of clarity on exam date but says process has been "extremely complicated".

There is a “clear advantage” to offering future pharmacists vaccination training as part of their degree, says the FIP.

Rowlands attributes a £71.3m financial loss to Government decisions including changes to Category M reimbursement prices. 

Boots UK is facing multiple lawsuits from landlords over allegedly refusing to pay rents at some of its stores during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Pharmacy minister Jo Churchill received her flu jab earlier today at a branch of Greenlight Pharmacy.

The PSNC urges contractors to talk to their employer if they disagree with a notification from NHS test and trace.

The RPS and RCGP have encouraged GPs and pharmacists to work together to ensure people get a flu vaccine this year.

Boots has paused its flu vaccines for the under-65s and its private service amid high demand.

Government consults on changes to the Human Medicines Regulations to support the roll-out of a Covid-19 vaccine.

Pharmacists and technicians asked to share experiences of how they adapted practices to ensure patient safety during Covid-19 pandemic 

Lloyds apologises for ad discouraging patients from visiting pharmacies after Numark MD's strongly critical remarks.