Despite a coalition of pharmacy bodies and drug and alcohol charities calling for national funding for locally commissioned service provision to tackle rising drug-related deaths, a national review made no mention of pharmacy. What more can be done?

The Department of Health and Social Care (DH) is “looking at” adding pharmacy technicians onto the list of healthcare professionals able to administer COVID-19 vaccinations under a patient group direction (PGD), the pharmacy minister has confirmed. 

Following internal pay negotiations and conciliation meetings, Boots has proposed “an improved” pay offer to its pharmacists, which is “the best available through discussion”, PDA Union director Paul Day has told C+D. 

50 community pharmacies across Northern Ireland will offer walk-in COVID-19 vaccinations over the next two days as part of a ‘Big Jab Weekend’ campaign, the country’s Department of Health (DoH) has announced.

The government’s “important” order of 114 million additional Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, to be used in 2022 and 2023, “reduces our worry for pharmacies”, AIMp chief Leyla Hannbeck has told C+D.

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has condemned violence towards pharmacy teams as “completely unacceptable” after NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) flagged mounting instances of abuse across primary care.

With the government seemingly determined to change legislation on pharmacy supervision, the sector must get on board to avoid unwanted changes being imposed on it. But what could change look like?

A Berkshire pharmacist has been praised for his “outstanding duty of care” to a 16-year-old patient suffering from an anaphylactic reaction on Bonfire Night weekend.

The number of pharmacies in England delivering COVID-19 vaccinations will rise “to more than 1,500”, while the £12.58 fee pharmacies currently receive per jab will also increase, the government and NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I) have announced.