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UK’s first private pharmacy COVID-19 vaccine service launched …
WEBFeb 1, 2024 — Pharmacies can now sign up to offer the UK’s “first” private COVID-19 vaccination service as of today, Pharmadoctor revealed to C+D today (February 1). The pharmacy service provider said that COVID-19 vaccination stock will be available to its more than 8,000 partner pharmacies by April 1 “at the latest” and that it will “help ...
Private pharmacy RSV and dengue fever vaccine services launch in …
WEBOct 15, 2023 — Common but highly contagious respiratory virus RSV can be indistinguishable from a cold in healthy adults and older children but can lead to severe respiratory illness like bronchiolitis and pneumonia in infants, young children, the elderly and those with compromised immune systems, it added.
Wegovy: Regulators removing ‘around 100’ social media POM
WEBSep 4, 2024 — The operation focuses “on monitoring ads in non-paid space such as on Instagram". The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is “removing around 100 posts” advertising POMs on social media “a day”, the regulator has said. A spokesperson for the advertising regulator yesterday (September 3) told C+D that it is “proactively finding and ...
Asda pays pharmacists incentive to accept reduced hours - C+D
WEBJun 19, 2024 — Pharmacists that accept the new contract will receive a one-off “pharmacist payment”, a spokesperson for Asda confirmed. The spokesperson told C+D today (June 19) that the supermarket was “proposing some changes” to its pharmacy operations "following a recent change in pharmacy opening hours across [its] estate”.
Medicine wholesaler giant AAH Pharmaceuticals up for sale, say …
WEBSep 5, 2024 — Warehousing giant AAH Pharmaceuticals is primed to be sold by its German private equity owner Aurelius, the Financial Times reported earlier this week (September 2). A source quoted by the Financial Times said that Aurelius hopes to sell AAH for “around” £900 million, or “about 10 times earnings” of a projected £90m this year.
Shortage warnings: ADHD, opioid dependence and period delay …
WEBAug 23, 2024 — Shortage warnings: ADHD, opioid dependence and period delay drugs. The pharmacy negotiator has warned that one ADHD drug is in short supply, while some period delay and opioid dependency drugs will remain “out of stock” into the autumn. “Intermittent regional supply disruptions are expected". “Methylphenidate prolonged-release tablet ...
Pharmacy2U and Royal Mail launch NHS prescription deliveries …
WEBJul 7, 2022 — Pharmacy2U has partnered with Royal Mail’s new division, Royal Mail Health, to offer free NHS prescription deliveries across the UK “reliably and safely”, the companies have announced, just days before planned strike action by Royal Mail managers.
Boots trainee pharmacist pay set to increase by up to a third
WEBFeb 16, 2024 — This April’s increase will see trainee pharmacists paid: £12.69 for trainees in Zone A in England/Northern Ireland. £13.79 for trainees in Zone B in England. £14.05 for trainees in Zone C in England. The joint statement said that the “increase will be applied centrally in the April pay run”. The new rate will “show in the benefits ...
Pharmacist original pack dispensing permitted from January
WEBSep 6, 2024 — Pharmacists in England will be permitted to supply medication different from the prescribed quantity within a 10% margin to keep it in its original packaging from January, thanks to regulatory amendments. Regulatory amendments to permit original pack dispensing from the start of 2025 have been signed …