UK’s first private pharmacy COVID-19 vaccine service launched …
WEBFeb 1, 2024 · Pharmacies can now sign up to offer the UK’s “first” private COVID-19 vaccination service as of today, Pharmadoctor revealed to C+D today (February 1). The pharmacy service provider said that COVID-19 vaccination stock will be available to its more than 8,000 partner pharmacies by April 1 “at the latest” and that it will “help ...
Chemist+Druggist | Community pharmacy news, analysis and CPD …
WEBBoots pharmacists can expect a 4% uplift in pay, while pharmacist store managers and long-time pharmacist workers will see new minimum pay rates, the PDA has announced. Chemist+Druggist is a multimedia publisher that provides award-winning pharmacy news, views and CPD content to those working in the sector.
Private pharmacy RSV and dengue fever vaccine services launch in …
WEBOct 15, 2023 · Common but highly contagious respiratory virus RSV can be indistinguishable from a cold in healthy adults and older children but can lead to severe respiratory illness like bronchiolitis and pneumonia in infants, young children, the elderly and those with compromised immune systems, it added.
RPSGB guidance on activities in absence of Responsible Pharmacist
WEBSep 22, 2009 · The guidance makes it clear that some activities that do not require pharmacist supervision, including the sale of GSL medicines, must still only be carried out when a responsible pharmacist (RP) is signed on. The processing of waste and patient returned medicines also falls under this requirement. The …
Pharmacists no longer required to take flu jab refresher every
WEBAug 17, 2022 · Pharmacists who administer flu vaccines will no longer need to undertake face-to-face refresher training on vaccine technique every three years, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) has announced. Eliza Loukou @CandDEliza. Individual pharmacists can now make a decision on when it is best to attend refresher vaccination training.
Medicine wholesaler giant AAH Pharmaceuticals up for sale, say …
WEBSep 5, 2024 · Warehousing giant AAH Pharmaceuticals is primed to be sold by its German private equity owner Aurelius, the Financial Times reported earlier this week (September 2). A source quoted by the Financial Times said that Aurelius hopes to sell AAH for “around” £900 million, or “about 10 times earnings” of a projected £90m this year.
Boots trainee pharmacist pay set to increase by up to a third
WEBFeb 16, 2024 · This April’s increase will see trainee pharmacists paid: £12.69 for trainees in Zone A in England/Northern Ireland. £13.79 for trainees in Zone B in England. £14.05 for trainees in Zone C in England. The joint statement said that the “increase will be applied centrally in the April pay run”. The new rate will “show in the benefits ...
Appeal court reinstates mammoth hydrocortisone cartel fines
WEB10 Sep 2024. News. The Court of Appeal has reinstated mammoth fines imposed against manufacturers that had been set aside on procedural grounds earlier this year. James Stent. CAT’s procedure was found to be “inappropriate” and “unjust”. The Court of Appeal has overturned the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s (CAT) March quashing of ...
Pharmacy2U and Royal Mail launch NHS prescription deliveries …
WEBJul 7, 2022 · Pharmacy2U has partnered with Royal Mail’s new division, Royal Mail Health, to offer free NHS prescription deliveries across the UK “reliably and safely”, the companies have announced, just days before planned strike action by Royal Mail managers.
Pharmacist unable to prevent Costa allergy death due to EpiPen
WEBSep 2, 2024 · A pharmacist was unable to save a girl who died from a severe allergic reaction to a Costa Coffee drink “due to a national shortage of adrenaline auto injectors”, a coroner has found.