Government signs up ‘hundreds’ of community pharmacies to deliver COVID-19 vaccines, says prime minister The government has signed up “hundreds” of community pharmacies to deliver the COVID-19 vaccine to patients, the prime minister has said.…
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.…
Pharmacy technicians told they can administer Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine under government protocol Pharmacy technicians in England are able to administer the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, the Association of Pharmacy Technicians has said.…
Community pharmacy-led vaccination sites to start administering COVID-19 vaccines from 11 January 2021 COVID-19 vaccination sites led by community pharmacies will start administering vaccines to patients in England from the week beginning 11 January 2021, NHS England has said.…
Ten things pharmacists should know about COVID-19 vaccines Work towards a COVID-19 vaccine is progressing rapidly and new information is emerging every day. Here we aim to summarise the most important details of COVID-19 vaccine development from a pharmacy perspective.…
Second COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in the UK The UK’s COVID-19 vaccination programme will be expanded following the approval of a second vaccine, the government has said.…
I’ve had my Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, and here’s why my pharmacist colleagues should too Community pharmacist and pharmacy teacher Chaohui Wang was anxious about having her vaccine, but here’s why she feels reassured by the science supporting it.…
Top ten features of 2020No prizes for guessing what this year’s most popular features have been based on… yes, everything and anything to do with COVID-19.…
Pharmacists can take the lead in public reassurance on COVID-19 vaccines, RPS says The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has asked pharmacists to show leadership in reassuring the public that Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency-approved COVID-19 vaccines are safe.…
Hundreds of community pharmacies apply to run COVID-19 vaccination sites, say negotiators Hundreds of community pharmacies have submitted expressions of interest to NHS England to run designated vaccination sites, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee has said.…
