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Pfizer has started talking to Boots about stocking the Comirnaty Omicron XBB.1.5 Covid vaccine.
12 Feb 2024 , 1 Min Article
The Department of Health and Social Care said Oxcarbazepine 150mg tablets (Viatris) are out of stock until late next month.
Patients will talk to a nurse about their weight loss goals, medical history, blood pressure and body mass index.
08 Feb 2024 , 1 Min Article
The health minister Nick Markham also played down concerns pharmacies providing the service could be overwhelmed.
The Company Chemists’ Association's Malcolm Harrison said NHS England is turning “a blind eye" to pseudo distance-selling pharmacies.
07 Feb 2024 , 1 Min Article
The PDA told members to get in touch in confidence after reports some companies threatened to cancel locums’ shifts.
05 Feb 2024 , 4 Min Article
Renewed calls to axe prescription charge as survey highlights worrying findings.
05 Feb 2024 , 3 Min Article
Asda denies setting an initial target of 30 consultations a month for its stores and sending a communication to staff telling them “link-selling is key.”
02 Feb 2024 , 1 Min Article
The Pharmacists’ Defence Association says pharmacists were not properly consulted about the service.
01 Feb 2024 , 1 Min Article
Rowlands said locums are "responsible for ensuring they are competent to deliver Pharmacy First."
Of 937 Superdrug customers who took part in its study, 32 per cent and 23 per cent had not heard of impetigo and sinusitis respectively.
30 Jan 2024 , 1 Min Article
Haleon vice-president for GB and Ireland Bas Vorsteveld said the launch of Pharmacy First is a “major milestone".
30 Jan 2024 , 3 Min Article
Asda healthcare area manager Andrew Windus said locums who refuse to engage with Pharmacy First will be "removed" from Locate a Locum's platform "permanently."
29 Jan 2024 , 1 Min Article
English Pharmacy Board members Thorrun Govind and Paul Summerfield have aired concerns about Asda's offer to put £1 in customers’ cash pots.
24 Jan 2024 , 1 Min Article
The service was expanded last year to include the provision of oral contraceptives.
23 Jan 2024 , 1 Min Article
Healthwatch found patients are more comfortable seeing their GP and are concerned they won't have privacy in a pharmacy.
22 Jan 2024 , 5 Min Article
