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Coronavirus

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

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Rise to the challenges

As the new year dawns, Liz Fidler considers how pharmacy fits into Covid-19 vaccination.

13 Jan 2021

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The importance of immunisation

There are concerns that vital routine vaccinations may get forgotten with thoughts, understandably, on Covid-19.

12 Jan 2021

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Covid-19 vaccine round up

Use this round up to find the most up-to-date news and information on Covid-19 vaccinations.

11 Jan 2021

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A new hope: Covid-19 vaccine rollout

The wait is over: the first Covid-19 vaccine has been administered. But where do community pharmacy teams fit in?

11 Dec 2020

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A time to reflect

APTUK president Liz Fidler looks back on 2020 and picks out some of her highlights, of which there have been many.

10 Dec 2020

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Managing long-Covid

How can pharmacy teams support people who may still be suffering with the effects of Covid-19 weeks, if not months, later?

10 Dec 2020

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The debilitating effects of long-Covid

While vaccination hopes swell and the light at the end of the tunnel comes into view, for some people the effects of the Covid-19 are more indefinite.

10 Dec 2020

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Research opportunity: Covid-19 outcomes for ethnic minorities

The GPhC is encouraging health professionals, including pharmacy technicians, to take part in an urgent public health study.

08 Dec 2020

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7 in 10 people visit pharmacies during pandemic

The “vast majority” of the UK’s adult population has visited a pharmacy since March, the National Pharmacy Association has said. 

06 Nov 2020

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Rise in the number of children likely to have mental health problems

The number of children who are likely to have experienced a mental disorder in the last three years has risen.

22 Oct 2020

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A note from New Zealand

Arriving in the UK from New Zealand, Michelle Rott entered the world of community pharmacy and then Covid-19 hit.

13 Oct 2020

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The obesity agenda

Obesity has been moving up the Government’s agenda in recent years, but the UK population is still piling on the pounds. 

13 Oct 2020

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Cough, cold and the flu vaccine

The seasonal flu immunisation programme is always important, but never more so than now in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.

12 Oct 2020

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Pharmacies 'not treated as healthcare setting' by Test & Trace

The PSNC is urging contractors who are unhappy with decisions made by Covid-19 contact tracers to escalate their case.

08 Oct 2020

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Government places order for one million antibody tests

The Government has placed its first order for one million Covid-19 antibody tests in a bid to understand the spread of the virus.

 

07 Oct 2020

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Time to quit smoking

Smoking rates are on the decline across the UK, with more and more people setting quit dates, but there's still a long way to go.

10 Sep 2020

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