Pharmacy technicians enabled to administer and supply medicines under patient group directions
The government said 84% of consultation respondents agreed with adding pharmacy technicians to the list of healthcare professionals permitted to...
Whooping cough resurgence as vaccination rates slump
Official data on whooping cough show that reports of suspected cases are at a 15-year high in the first three...
Boots offers private COVID-19 vaccination service at almost £100 per jab
The multiple will offer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination privately at 52 locations across England....
NHS England publishes guidance on withdrawing desflurane from general use, following NICE evidence review
Desflurane can be safely withdrawn from clinical use, the guidance says, but may be warranted in some specific clinical exceptions....
Amira Guirguis: ‘We want to use our expertise to prepare for future threats’
As the recently appointed chair of the Royal Pharmaceutical Societys science and research committee, Amira Guirguis sets out her goals...
Around 45% of hospital emergency departments have a clinical pharmacy service, MPs told
Giving evidence to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee pharmacy inquiry, David Webb, chief pharmaceutical officer for...