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Community pharmacists will now be included in COVID-19 death-in-service scheme

Community pharmacists are to be included in the government life assurance scheme for staff working on the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic, the health secretary, Matt Hancock has announced.…

Community pharmacies need £200m extra to stay afloat during COVID-19, trade body warns

Community pharmacies need millions of pounds extra “to keep their heads above water” during the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacy bodies have warned.…

Pharmacists will not be automatically included in government COVID-19 life assurance scheme

Pharmacists will not be automatically eligible for a new government life assurance scheme for healthcare workers in England who die from COVID-19 during the pandemic.…

Community pharmacists will have access to NHS staff testing for COVID-19

Community pharmacists will be able to access testing for COVID-19 as part of a government drive to get frontline NHS staff, who are currently self-isolating, back to work.…

Urgent calls to revise advice on protective equipment in face of COVID-19

Pharmacy negotiators have called on Public Health England to urgently “re-examine” its advice on personal protective equipment, because further supplies of gloves, masks and aprons “will be needed” during the COVID-19 pandemic.…

Regulator may temporarily re-register 6,000 pharmacy staff to cope with a COVID-19 emergency

The General Pharmaceutical Council has drawn up plans to temporarily re-register pharmacists and pharmacy technicians if the government launches a state of emergency in relation to COVID-19.…

Competition watchdog to monitor price hikes during COVID-19 outbreak as pharmacists report rising cost of drugs

The Competition and Markets Authority has warned retailers against hiking prices in an attempt “to take advantage of people” as COVID-19 continues to spread.…

Government allows bulk import and storage of medical cannabis

The government has announced that licensed medicines wholesalers will be able to hold reserve stocks of medical cannabis, effective immediately.…

Charity questions readiness for PrEP to be routinely available by April 2020

The Terrence Higgins Trust has expressed doubt over the government’s ability to meet its deadline of making pre-exposure prophylaxis routinely available on the NHS in England from April 2020.…

Fast-track medical training for pharmacists: tell us what you think

The government has announced that pharmacists could be able to retrain as doctors on fast-tracked courses, following the UK’s exit from the EU.…