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LloydsPharmacy appoints Kevin Birch as its new CEO

Birch fills CEO vacancy three months after Toby Anderson's departure

31 Aug 2022

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Alarm raised on ‘significant’ energy bill hike for pharmacies

Pharmacies 'bracing themselves' for rate hikes, warns PSNC

31 Aug 2022

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Hypertension doubles Covid-19 hospitalisations

Hypertension leads to highest increased risk of hospitalisation for omicron, study shows

26 Aug 2022

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Covid vaccine Nuvaxovid passed for use in 12 to 17-year-olds

The MHRA has today announced it has approved Novavax’s Covid vaccine for 12 to 17-year-olds

26 Aug 2022

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Sunak makes ‘pro-pharmacy’ comments as he visits family business

Sunak wants to free up NHS capacity without putting 'yet more money' in the health service

25 Aug 2022

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Pharmacies facing ‘toughest period’ says PSNC chief

Covid-related funding masked pressures that are now 'really starting to bite' says Morrison

25 Aug 2022

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At-home abortions made permanent in England and Wales

Women or people with a uterus up to nine weeks and six days pregnant will have access to medical abortion medication at home.

25 Aug 2022

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Boots to donate 50k hygiene products to children via charity partnership

Products to be donated via The Hygiene Bank's network to schools and local community schemes

25 Aug 2022

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Boots’ chief pharmacist transitions to public affairs role in shake up

Marc Donovan to take on new role after seven years as superintendent pharmacist.

25 Aug 2022

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MHRA issues nebuliser warning to pharmacists and parents

Watchdog aware of a 'number of fatal cases' where unsupervised home use may have played a role

24 Aug 2022

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Fear about pharmacy technicians’ roles holding us back, says APTUK president

Claire Steele said there will always be some who "see pharmacy technicians as a threat”

24 Aug 2022

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NHS Scotland aims to reduce MDI use by 70 per cent by 2028

Emissions from metered dose inhalers had a greater impact than NHS fleet and waste combined in 2020-21

23 Aug 2022

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Preventable risk factors account for nearly half of all cancer deaths

Cancer deaths due to preventable risk factors rose by 20.4 per cent over the last decade.

23 Aug 2022

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Boots extends partnership with Deliveroo to 125 stores

The partnership began last year as a trial involving 14 stores

23 Aug 2022

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GPs to issue ‘social prescriptions’ for exercise in new pilot

The Government has awarded £12.7m to 11 local authorities for the new pilot

22 Aug 2022

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NHS to pilot smaller doses of monkeypox vaccines

The smaller 0.1ml doses are equally effective, says the UKHSA

22 Aug 2022

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