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Coronavirus

Keep up-to-date with the current guidance on Covid-19 and Long Covid.

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Covid-19: long-Covid

Build on your knowledge and understanding about the effects of long-Covid.

22 Apr 2021 , 2 Min Module

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Face coverings

Consider which groups of people may be exempt from wearing face masks and face coverings.

22 Apr 2021 , 2 Min Module

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Covid pill could be available by the autumn says Johnson

Boris Johnson said people could take a pill at home to reduce the symptoms of Covid or stop them getting it.

22 Apr 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Anosmia

Improve your understanding of the impact of anosmia and how to ease its effects.

22 Apr 2021 , 2 Min Module

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Over 9 in 10 pharmacies providing lateral flow tests

Over 90 per cent of community pharmacies in England have signed up to provide a new Covid-19 test distribution service, the Government has said.

20 Apr 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy group delivers Covid vaccine at PureGym

PureGym has joined forces with a Midlands-based pharmacy group to administer Covid vaccines.

19 Apr 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Covid vaccines safe for pregnant women says JCVI

Pregnant women should get a Covid-19 vaccine based on their age and clinical risk group.

19 Apr 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Fund to build classrooms set up in pharmacist's memory

The family of a pharmacist who died from Covid have set up a fund to build classrooms in impoverished areas of Pakistan.

 

16 Apr 2021 , 1 Min Article

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NHS calls on more pharmacies to provide Covid jabs

More community pharmacies are needed to head up Covid-19 vaccination sites in a number of specified locations, NHS England has said. 

14 Apr 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Addressing inequalities

Why have certain groups been disproportionately affected by Covid-19 and what can community pharmacies do to help combat this? 

14 Apr 2021 , 5 Min Article

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Pandemic protection: all hands on deck

The second instalment of this series sees ACT Paula Woodgate launching a vaccination centre and administering the first doses.

13 Apr 2021 , 2 Min Article

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Men's mental health

Find out what can pharmacy teams do to support men who are struggling with their mental health.

13 Apr 2021 , 5 Min Article

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Covid vaccine will not 'invalidate' fast, says EPB member

EPB member professor Mahendra Patel has insisted the Covid vaccine is fine for people about to fast. 

13 Apr 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Asthma drug shortens at-home recovery from Covid-19

Early treatment with inhaled budesonide shortens recovery time among Covid-19 patients being treated in the community, PRINCIPLE has shown. 

12 Apr 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Asthma exacerbation rates fall during pandemic

Fewer people with severe asthma attacks were admitted to hospital or seen by their GP during the Covid-19 pandemic.

31 Mar 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Two-thirds of pharmacies in Northern Ireland giving Covid jabs

Almost 350 community pharmacies are taking part in Northern Ireland’s Covid-19 vaccination programme, health minister Robin Swann announced.

30 Mar 2021 , 1 Min Article

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