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Pharmacy-led COVID-19 vaccination sites told they can cut appointments as supply dips

COVID-19 vaccination sites run by community pharmacies have been advised by NHS England to offer appointments over just two or three days each week.…

Published: 25 February 2021

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Community pharmacies provide rapid COVID-19 tests in eight areas, with further sites being considered

The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee has confirmed that pharmacies in eight areas have been commissioned to provide lateral flow tests for COVID-19.…

Published: 23 February 2021

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NHS England lowers threshold for COVID-19 vaccination site applications

Following talks with trade bodies, NHS England has reopened the application process and extended it to pharmacies able to administer up to 400 COVID-19 vaccinations per week.…

Published: 17 February 2021

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Health boards say around half of pharmacies have expressed interest in providing COVID-19 vaccines

Exclusive: Five of the seven health boards in Wales confirmed they had received expressions of interest from community pharmacies to participate in the national COVID-19 vaccination programme.…

Published: 16 February 2021

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Risk of mortality drops in COVID-19 patients given anticoagulation within a day of hospital admission, research finds

COVID-19 patients who received prophylactic anticoagulation within 24 hours of hospital admission had a 27% decreased risk for 30-day mortality, compared with those who did not.…

Published: 12 February 2021

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Pharmacy negotiators in talks over plans to distribute COVID-19 treatments in primary care

Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee meeting minutes included a summary of discussions held with the Department of Health and Social Care on distribution of COVID-19 treatments in primary care.…

Published: 10 February 2021

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Government ‘miscommunicated’ PPE stock levels to pharmacies during first COVID-19 wave, MPs told

The Healthcare Distribution Association told the Public Accounts Committee that the centralised personal protective equipment stock for community pharmacy during the COVID-19 pandemic “faced considerable challenges”.…

Published: 10 February 2021

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Pharmacies advised to order ‘at least’ enough flu vaccines for 2021–2022 to match current season’s record demand

An NHS letter advised pharmacies to plan their ordering for 2021–2022 flu vaccines on the basis of meeting at least the numbers of vaccinations achieved in 2020–2021.…

Published: 8 February 2021

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Lack of community pharmacies commissioned for COVID-19 vaccinations is ‘a ticking time bomb’, say sector leaders

Community Pharmacy Wales has said that health boards must urgently start commissioning more community pharmacies to vaccinate patients against COVID-19.…

Published: 4 February 2021

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Nearly 30 pharmacies become first to express interest in delivering COVID-19 vaccinations in Scotland

Exclusive: Community pharmacies in NHS Highland health board have asked to take part in the COVID-19 vaccination programme, but there is not yet a timescale in place for their involvement.…

Published: 4 February 2021