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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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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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Covid booster campaign to kick off on September 12

The new Moderna bivalent jab will be the sole vaccine used this autumn and winter

19 Aug 2022

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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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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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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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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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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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New guidance says adolescents only need one dose of HPV vaccine

A single dose as good as two, says JCVI as it publishes new recommendation

09 Aug 2022

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Health board in talks with Lloyds about ‘failures’ in Aberdeen branch

Patients reportedly waiting several hours to collect medicines from Westhill branch of LloydsPharmacy

09 Aug 2022

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Cold snaps more deadly than heatwaves

Cold snaps kill about 75 times more people, new research finds

08 Aug 2022

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Osteoarthritis increases risk of long-term co-morbidities

OA associated with many and varied comorbidities, new research indicates

05 Aug 2022

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