Community pharmacies may have to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to stay in business, local pharmacy leaders warn Pharmacy representatives have warned current financial pressures may lead pharmacies to sign up to provide COVID-19 vaccinations, despite a significant reduction in the fee.…
Pharmacy bodies call for ‘immediate intervention’ from health secretary to halt flu vaccinations delay Community Pharmacy England has also written to ministers warning of "administrative chaos" for pharmacies and that "hundreds of thousands" of patients may miss out on vaccines if the flu vaccination service begins in October.…
Change to flu vaccination programme start date ‘extremely frustrating’, say negotiators Community Pharmacy England has said a delayed start date to the flu vaccination programme could affect patients who have booked an early jab, and pharmacies that have ordered vaccines based on the usual 1 September start date.…
Record number of items dispensed using serious shortage protocols during penicillin shortage Exclusive: Community pharmacists dispensed almost 13,000 items using a serious shortage protocol in December 2022, nearly double that of the previous peak.…
Welsh government working group tasked with looking into how to roll out PrEP provision to community pharmacies The HIV action plan, published in June 2022, set out 26 actions for the Welsh government and its partners to reduce HIV transmissions in Wales.…
Case-based learning: insect bites and stings How to identify and manage insect bites and stings, as well as prevention methods.…
Bacterial vaginosis: diagnosis and management Pharmacists can identify bacterial vaginosis and recommend appropriate treatment options to patients.…
Community pharmacy delivers more than 5 million flu vaccinations for the first time The Department of Health and Social Care has confirmed it is considering expanding the National Flu Vaccination Service to secondary school-aged children in England.…
Metformin may reduce the risk of developing long COVID, research suggests The diabetes drug reduced the incidence of long COVID compared with placebo, but experts have urged caution over the findings.…
Urinary tract infection in adults: diagnosis, management and prevention This article covers the optimisation of patient outcomes through prompt diagnosis of, and appropriate antibiotic prescribing for, urinary tract infections.…
