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.…
Gillian Leng: ‘COVID-19 has been a strain, but also an opportunity’ The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s new chief executive, Gillian Leng, took the helm in April 2020. She speaks to us about what lessons the organisation has taken away from the past year.…
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.…
Top five infographics of 2020I’m sure it will come as no surprise that The Pharmaceutical Journal’s most-read infographics this year take a look at COVID-19.…
Top ten research briefings of 2020 This year, all but one of our most-popular research briefings were, unsuprisingly, on the topic of 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.…
2020: How has your year been? As this challenging year comes to an end, we ask five members of the profession how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted their lives.…