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Rowlands announces partnership with booking software provider

Multiple says new software will save time for pharmacy teams

18 Aug 2022

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Contractor launches petition calling on government to stop violence in pharmacies

Mike Hewitson wants pharmacy staff to have access to a security fund to prevent abuse

17 Aug 2022

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Flu jab remuneration to remain fixed at £9.58 this year, NHSE reveals

PSNC 'disappointed' by NHS decision not to raise the vaccination fee amid costs crisis

17 Aug 2022

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Independent pharmacy is at risk of extinction, Tory peer warns

Lord Grade warns a contract that has not kept pace with inflation is imperilling small pharmacies

16 Aug 2022

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MHRA approves first bivalent Covid booster jab

New Moderna jab protects against Omicron as well as original 2020 variant

15 Aug 2022

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Dementia linked with hypothyroidism

Study finds a marked association between the two conditions among older people

12 Aug 2022

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Better Health Let’s Do This campaign

The latest NHS “Better Health Let’s Do This” campaign is harnessing the positive power of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

12 Aug 2022

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Over 10% of patients not receiving valproate cards from pharmacies

Safety requirements for sodium valproate still not being met, says NHS England

11 Aug 2022

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Diabetes prescriptions on the rise in England, latest figures reveal

Data shows 60.3 million items were prescribed in 2021-22 compared with 57.9 million in 2020-21

11 Aug 2022

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Less than half of UK adults aware of poor oral hygiene impact

Oral hygiene brand TePe has launched a consumer education campaign

11 Aug 2022

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Government announces first Women's Health Strategy for England

Women in the UK are at a disadvantage when it comes to health, but the Government aims to change this with its first Women’s Health Strategy for England.

11 Aug 2022

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London children to be offered polio boosters as UKHSA declares incident

Poliovirus has been identified in a number of London boroughs.

10 Aug 2022

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NHSE: No plans to make monkeypox vaccines available to pharmacies

There were 2,914 confirmed and 103 “highly probable” monkeypox cases in the UK as of August 8.

10 Aug 2022

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PPI users lack valid indication

Just under half the number of people starting proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) have valid indications.

10 Aug 2022

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POM to P switch for nasal spray

Sudafed Plus Blocked Nose 1mg/50mg/ml nasal spray has been considered “sufficiently safe to be sold as a pharmacy medicine” by the MHRA.

10 Aug 2022

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OTC HRT gets green light

For the first time ever in the UK, postmenopausal women aged 50 and over will be able to buy HRT over the counter from pharmacies.

10 Aug 2022

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