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Everything you need to know about the COVID-19 therapy trials
Researchers around the world are working at record speed to find the best ways to treat and prevent COVID-19, from investigating the possibility of repurposing existing drugs to searching for novel therapies against the virus.
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Everything you should know about the coronavirus outbreak
The latest information about the novel coronavirus identified in Wuhan, China, and advice on how pharmacists can help concerned patients and the public.
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One in ten hospital trusts have been asked to approve unlicensed cannabis-based medicinal prescriptions Subscription
Around 10% of hospital trusts have received requests for prescriptions of unlicensed cannabis-based medical products.
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Government impact assessment of pharmacy contract warned it could cause closures Subscription
The government was warned that some pharmacies could “become financially unviable and close” because of cost pressures related to launching new services under the five-year community pharmacy contract, a freedom of information request from The Pharmaceutical Journal has revealed.
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Pharmacies will ‘struggle’ to serve patients if NHS Test and Trace fails to look at individual cases, warns negotiator
The NHS Test and Trace service is causing extra staffing pressures by suggesting that entire community pharmacy teams must self-isolate, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee has said.
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Pre-registration assessment to be delayed until first quarter of 2021, regulator confirms Subscription
The delayed 2020 pre-registration assessment will be held in the first quarter of 2021, the General Pharmaceutical Council has confirmed.
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Up to 85% of community pharmacies could be in financial deficit by 2024, economic analysis concludes Subscription
Economic analysis by Ernst and Young has concluded that up to 85% of community pharmacies will be in financial deficit by 2024 if current funding arrangements continue.
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Newly qualified pharmacists could be independent prescribers if foundation programme launches in 2021, says regulator and chief pharmaceutical officers Subscription
The potential for a foundation programme to replace the preregistration year in 2021 could mean all newly qualified pharmacists qualify as independent prescribers, the General Pharmaceutical Council and the four UK chief pharmaceutical officers have said.
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Foundation training programme could replace preregistration year from the summer of 2021 Subscription
A year of foundation training could replace the pharmacist preregistration year across the UK from summer 2021, Health Education England and NHS England have suggested.
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Flu vaccines could be delivered at the same time as a COVID-19 vaccine, government says
The government is exploring the possibility of co-administering the flu vaccination with a COVID-19 vaccine during the 2020/2021 flu season.
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New Pharmacy Quality Scheme will focus only on COVID-19
A newly agreed Pharmacy Quality Scheme will focus on ensuring contractors in England have taken measures to protect staff and patients from COVID-19.
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Pharmacy regulator to blind fitness-to-practise investigations against racial bias Subscription
The General Pharmaceutical Council is to introduce blind reviews during its fitness-to-practise investigations in an attempt to remove bias from the system.
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Pharmacy regulator proposes speeding up fitness-to-practise decisions by making more enquiries earlier Subscription
More enquiries could be made earlier in the fitness-to-practise process to ensure some concerns are dealt with more quickly, under a new strategy proposed by the pharmacy regulator.
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Government asked to produce plans for 'predictable supply' of PPE ahead of second COVID-19 wave
MPs have asked the government to produce a plan of how it will procure “a predictable supply” of personal protective equipment by September 2020, ahead of any second COVID-19 wave.
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Flu vaccines could be delivered in sports stadiums, town halls and mosques to mitigate COVID-19 risk, says pharmacy negotiator
Pharmacy negotiators have suggested contractors consider providing flu vaccinations off-premises during the 2020/2021 flu season to manage infection control during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Inhaler recycling scheme that cut carbon emissions equivalent to more than 8,500 cars is scrapped Subscription
A scheme to recycle respiratory inhalers, which has cut carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to taking around 8,600 cars off UK roads, is ending.
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Lopinavir/ritonavir 'not effective' for patients hospitalised with COVID-19, third set of RECOVERY trial results show
An antiviral treatment commonly used to treat HIV has been found to have no beneficial effect in patients hospitalised with COVID-19, according to the third set of results to come out of the ‘Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy’ trial.
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A quarter of medicines deliveries booked through Welsh volunteer scheme have not been completed
More than 3,300 medicines deliveries have been scheduled since the launch of the National Volunteer Prescription Delivery Scheme in Wales, although, to date, only 2,473 deliveries have been completed.
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More than two-thirds of BAME pharmacists yet to receive COVID-19 risk assessments, survey reveals
More than two-thirds of black, Asian and minority ethnic pharmacists say they have still not been offered COVID-19 risk assessments almost two months after NHS England said employers should risk assess all staff.
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Dexamethasone is ‘first drug’ to be shown to improve survival in COVID-19
Low-dose dexamethasone, a “widely available, safe and well-known drug”, is the first medicine to be shown to result in a “significant reduction in mortality” in those with COVID-19 requiring oxygen or ventilation, researchers have said.
