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Open season for cold and flu

Pharmacies should gear up for another busy – to say the least – cold and flu season

05 Oct 2023

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Flu and Covid vaccination programmes brought forward

This year’s “shambolic” booster campaign will now start on September 11 because of variant warning.

31 Aug 2023

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Pharmacies to supply Covid-19 antivirals for ‘nominal’ reimbursement under rule changes

Concerns raised as Department moves to 'business as usual' approach to Covid antivirals

04 May 2023

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Treating sore throat in the pharmacy

Understanding the causes and managing public expectations are the best answers this winter

23 Dec 2022

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Flu fighters

Coughs and colds are two of the most common complaints pharmacy teams will hear about, especially in the winter months. Here's everything you need to know for the 2022/23 season

11 Nov 2022

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Winter viruses back with a vengeance

Increased flu cases, a Covid spike and a higher incidence of other respiratory viruses could combine to pressure an already stretched NHS this winter

24 Oct 2022

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27% rise in pharmacies offering autumn Covid boosters

NHSE reveals 1,845 pharmacy-led sites are taking part in the autumn booster campaign

07 Sep 2022

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Flu could strike earlier this year warns WHO

Calls for people to get their annual flu vaccination have increased in the last few weeks

02 Sep 2022

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NI pharmacists deliver 80% of care home Covid jabs

Community Pharmacy Northern Ireland hails the sector's achievement in the spring booster campaign.

04 Jul 2022

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Ethnicity and deprivation factors in Covid jab uptake

Black pregnant women are least likely to be vaccinated against Covid, according to new figures. 

17 May 2022

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Many pharmacies struggled to get involved in Covid booster programme

Questions remain over why pharmacies had to wait so long for a response and why many were turned down.

04 Apr 2022

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Independents provided many more Covid vaccines than large multiples

Eighty-five per cent of 610 pharmacy sites that administered jabs between January and September 2021 were independents.

27 Jan 2022

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Keep wearing masks in pharmacies, patients urged as Plan B dropped

The UKHSA guidance on masks in healthcare settings will continue to apply.

21 Jan 2022

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Nearly 5,000 pharmacies applied for Covid booster programme last year

NHSE&I said 1,454 pharmacies are currently scheduled to, or have started, phase three boosters.

17 Jan 2022

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Omicron wave: 9 in 10 pharmacies struggling with staff absences

Exclusive: 87% of pharmacies have suffered staff absences in recent weeks, a survey indicates.

11 Jan 2022

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