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Pharmacies will receive a payment of £36 per point-of-care testing performed

Hepatitis C service delayed by COVID-19 to launch on September 1

The service – which was originally scheduled to launch in April but was postponed due to the pandemic – will start on September 1. It will be open...

28/08/2020 1

Rekha Shah: Moving towards a service-based future is a positive step for pharmacy

‘Extend national hep C test service beyond needle exchange’

Up to £2 million a year has been set aside from April 2019 to March 2021 for a pharmacy hepatitis C testing service in the funding contract to...

12/08/2019 4

Rekha Shah: Drug users in our pilot said they would prefer to access treatment in a pharmacy

Pharmacy minister urged to let sector dispense hepatitis C treatments

The London Joint Working Group (LJWG) – a group of clinicians and voluntary sector representatives working to eliminate the virus in drug users in...

18/06/2019 0

Former pharmacy minister Steve Brine having a mock blood test for hepatitis C in London

How are pharmacy pilot services faring across the country?

The ever-expanding role of a pharmacist means new pilot schemes are popping up in community pharmacies throughout the UK, delivering care in areas...

29/03/2019 0

Well said it has provided employees with “clear” guidance and training modules on hepatitis B

Small number of Well pharmacists contact PDA over hepatitis B concerns

Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) director of defence services Mark Pitt told C+D last week (September 20) that “less than 10” Well employees...

25/09/2018 1

Steve Brine having a mock blood test for hepatitis C in Portmans Pharmacy

Brine ‘impatient’ to expand ‘innovative’ pharmacy hepatitis service

In a parliamentary debate last week (June 12), Mr Brine referred to his visit to Portmans Pharmacy in Pimlico in April – which C+D attended – where...

20/06/2018 1

Steve Brine had a mock blood test for hepatitis C in Portmans Pharmacy, London

Brine: 'I need legislation' to change 'sluggish' pharmacy contract

Steve Brine branded the contract “a slow, one-button vehicle” during a visit to a London pharmacy delivering a hepatitis C testing pilot last month (...

16/05/2018 3