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Alliance teams up with prescription app developer

Alliance teams up with Healthera to promote repeat prescription app to independents.

02 Aug 2021

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Focusing on 'Better Health'

With Covid restrictions easing, now is the perfect time to encourage customers to get active and back into shape for summer – and beyond with PHE’s latest health campaign.

02 Aug 2021

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Keith Ridge to retire as chief pharmacist after 16 years

NHS England recruits for a new CPhO as Ridge retirement announced for February.

30 Jul 2021

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Drug deaths in Scotland hits highest number since records began

The Scottish government said 1,339 people died from drug misuse in 2020.

30 Jul 2021

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Amanda Pritchard confirmed as next head of NHS England

Viewed as the continuity candidate, Pritchard will be the first woman to head up NHS England.

29 Jul 2021

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GPhC takes action against pharmacies over codeine linctus sales

Thirty-six pharmacy premises and a pharmacy professional were reined in.

29 Jul 2021

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Infections linked with dementia

Infections that need hospital treatment associated with increased dementia risk.

29 Jul 2021

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Boots employee loses tribunal case involving racism allegations

Dorothy Roach said she was constructively dismissed after a racism investigation was opened.

28 Jul 2021

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Brightening things up

New to the Bio-Kult gut and brain range, Bio-Kult Brighten is aimed at people who are looking to support their psychological function, says manufacturer ADM Protexin.

28 Jul 2021

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ASDA pharmacist makes 'life-saving' intervention in colleague's heart attack

Gloucestershire pharmacist Leo Duah-Gyawu was concerned by his colleague's chest pain.

27 Jul 2021

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NI pharmacies start rolling out Moderna jabs

A new phase for Northern Ireland's pharmacy Covid vaccination programme.

27 Jul 2021

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Supporting men with ED

Teva UK has made its first POM to P switch, offering a more affordable option for erectile dysfunction (ED).

26 Jul 2021

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HCPs cast doubt on public's ability to self care

Nearly half of the healthcare professionals in the UK don't believe the public are able to look after their own health.

26 Jul 2021

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Superdrug profits plummeted by 80 per cent last year

Profits plummeted to £18.8m in 2020 as the pandemic hit footfall, the company's accounts reveal.

26 Jul 2021

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Biosimilars on the menu for moderate rheumatoid arthritis

NICE guidance previously recommended biologics only for severe RA.

23 Jul 2021

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Smoking rates greater in poorer households

A study finds a strong link between poverty and higher smoking rates.

23 Jul 2021

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