RPS Wales joins other bodies in calling for government action on health inequalities The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Wales is among health organisations who have called on the Welsh government to reduce health inequalities.…
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.…
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.…
Community pharmacies ‘in all parts’ of Wales to deliver COVID-19 vaccines, says first minister COVID-19 vaccine delivery through community pharmacies in Wales will begin this week.…
COVID-19 vaccinations will be provided in ‘local pharmacies’, Welsh health minister says People in Wales will be able to receive a COVID-19 vaccination from their “local GP practice or pharmacy”, Vaughn Gething, the Welsh health minister, has said.…
Welsh pharmacies save over 35,000 GP appointments each week, audit finds Around half of patients who received advice in Welsh pharmacies would otherwise have gone to their GP first, an audit by Community Pharmacy Wales has found.…
Welsh Pharmacy Board meeting: 8 October 2020 Discussions at the latest Welsh Pharmacy Board meeting revolved around how the Society can help promote independent prescribing pharmacists, the 2021 manifesto for the Welsh government elections and updates around science and research.…
Welsh pharmacy sore throat test and treat service ‘should not be routinely adopted’, review finds The use of rapid antigen detection tests in community pharmacies for the diagnosis and management of people with group A streptococcal infections should not be routinely adopted, according to guidance from Health Technology Wales.…
RPS Wales and Scotland publish manifestos ahead of 2021 devolved parliamentary elections The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Wales and in Scotland have published their manifestos ahead of the 2021 parliamentary elections in their respective nations.…
Drug-related deaths in England and Wales remain at record levels, ONS report shows Deaths related to drug poisoning remained at record levels in 2019, according to figures published by the Office of National Statistics.…
