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Coronavirus

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

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Covid costs: Don't fear the bean counters

Contractors should be careful not to lowball their Covid costs claims, writes Alexander Humphries

16 Jul 2021 , 2 Min Article

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Dealing with long Covid

This CPD module looks at the medium and long-term effects of Covid-19 in different body systems.

15 Jun 2021 , 20 Min Module

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Malaria guidance updated with warning of increased risk

Concern that disruption of malaria eradication programmes could lead to increased transmission.

10 Jun 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy LFD test service launched in Scotland

Contractors will receive a participation fee of £450 to cover initial set-up costs and a distribution fee of £2 per kit.

04 Jun 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Covid vaccination status sees NHS app registrations rocket

PHE study shows that two doses of Covid-19 vaccine are highly effective against the B.1.617.2 Indian variant.

24 May 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Covid-19 vaccine booster study launches in UK

Initial results from trialling seven vaccines are expected in September to inform plans for a booster programme.

21 May 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Report reveals spread of Covid across England

A report released today reveals the extent to which Covid spread through communities in England during the pandemic.

20 May 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Boots parent pledges $350k for Covid relief in India

Walgreens Boots Alliance has pledged $350,000 to help tackle the dramatic surge in Covid-19 cases and deaths in India.

14 May 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Sigma starts providing lateral flow tests to pharmacies

Community pharmacies can now order lateral flow tests from Sigma Pharmaceuticals to use as part of the Pharmacy Collect service.

13 May 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Boots UK has launched a £65 home-use PCR coronavirus test aimed at those looking to travel abroad this summer. 

11 May 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Private Covid tests 'must undergo independent validation'

RPS chief scientist Gino Martini wants private Covid tests to be put through the same validation process as those on the NHS.

07 May 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacies in NI deliver 35,000 vaccines in six weeks

Community pharmacies across Northern Ireland have administered more than 35,000 Covid vaccines in the six weeks since the roll-out began.

06 May 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy capable of delivering millions of Covid jabs, survey finds

Over 90 per cent of community pharmacists would be eager to take part in an annual Covid-19 booster vaccination programme similar to the flu jab service given the right funding and support, a new survey shows.

28 Apr 2021 , 2 Min Article

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Covid app used over three million times

An app revealing the number of Covid cases within one to 10 miles of someone’s home has been used over three million times.

23 Apr 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Diary of a Covid vaccinator: part 3

Asha Fowells is a regular writer for Pharmacy Magazine but returned to her pharmacist roots when she trained to be a Covid-19 vaccinator. Here she looks back at her experiences in the vaccination clinic she works in at Copes Pharmacy in Streatham, South London.

23 Apr 2021 , 2 Min Article

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Key points reminder for Pharmacy Collect customers

Critical that pharmacies remind people of the importance of reporting their results, whether positive or negative, says PSNC.

23 Apr 2021 , 1 Min Article

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