Pharmacy-led sites administer more than 1.7 million COVID-19 vaccinations, says NHS England The vaccines have been administered ahead of a reduction in supplies of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, which may mean some sites have to stand down in the coming weeks.…
Nearly half of Pharmacy Integration Fund for 2019–2020 spent elsewhere in NHS Exclusive: Of the £40m budgeted for the Pharmacy Integration Fund, just £20.9m was used for projects within the fund.…
Some aseptic pharmacy services to be centralised, Welsh government says Exclusive: Three centralised facilities have received £67m in initial funding as part of the government's 'Transforming Access to Medicines' plan.…
Pandemic Delivery Service funding nearly doubles as eligibility expands to include NHS Test and Trace isolators Payments for the Pandemic Delivery Service will increase from up to £20.11 per day to £37.34, while patients told to self-isolate by NHS Test and Trace will now also be eligible.…
Community pharmacies given extra £3.5m to cover COVID-19 costs The funding will be in addition to £5.6m that was promised to the sector in Wales in December 2020.…
Pharmacy-led vaccination centres to double to 400 sites by end of March 2021 Pharmacy minister Jo Churchill told the House of Commons the government is still in discussions about the reimbursement of COVID-19 costs incurred by community pharmacies.…
Pharmacy regulator to publish ‘diversity data’ around fitness-to-practise cases The General Pharmaceutical Council has said it will publish diversity data related to fitness-to-practise cases in order to understand and address potential discrimination.…
Pharmacists added to government’s list of occupations facing national shortage The inclusion of pharmacists in the shortage occupation list means staff from abroad can apply for a skilled worker visa through the UK’s immigration system more easily.…
PCN pharmacists complete more than 12,000 structured medication reviews in six months Between April and September 2020, 12,222 structured medication reviews were completed by pharmacists working in primary care networks.…
Community pharmacies face pandemic-related costs of ‘£400m and rising’, says negotiator The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee wrote to chancellor Rishi Sunak ahead of the spring Budget for 2021, setting out the cost of the COVID-19 pandemic to pharmacies…
