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People living in socially deprived areas of Scotland are more likely to experience life-threatening complications of type 1 diabetes, according to a new study.

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

Some medicines are already becoming unavailable in Northern Ireland because of the Brexit protocol, an industry spokesperson has said.

The Professional Standards Authority is unlikely to publish a report into the GPhC's performance “before late in the year".

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.

Avicenna has acquired the largest independent pharmacy group in Wales to take its total number of branches to 135.

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.

NICE is promising to speed up patients’ access to the latest and most effective treatments as part of its new five-year strategy.

Men aged 40 years and over and at risk of type 2 diabetes will be targeted by a series of adverts on Facebook.

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. 

The GPhC is disproportionately tough on individual registrants compared to pharmacy owners and premises, the PDA has claimed. 

Some 70 per cent of people have not heard of the term 'ultra-processed foods' despite many trying to cut back on processed foods. 

Half of smokers are stress-smoking more since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest research from Mintel.

Sector charity Pharmacist Support has announced it is to start offering counselling sessions to pharmacists battling mental health issues. 

People with irritable bowel syndrome are anxious about lockdown easing and the prospect of going back to the workplace contributing to their symptoms.