Issue : PJ June 2020 online
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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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Public Health England will not change point-of-care COVID-19 antibody testing advice, despite SAGE evidence
Advice against using rapid point-of-care COVID-19 antibody tests in community pharmacies will not be changing, despite a report from experts claiming that the tests are “performing well”, Public Health England has confirmed.
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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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Government will not say if Brexit medicines stockpile warehousing contracts have been extended beyond June 2020 cut-off
The government says it is unable to confirm whether it has extended its warehousing contracts for storing medicine stockpiles beyond the end of June 2020, when they were expected to end.
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Tribute: Benita Dukalskis
It was a shock when I heard that Benita had died. She had been in Huddersfield General Infirmary, in West Yorkshire, for weeks without a diagnosis. She was on a drip because she was unable to eat and, of course, visitors were not allowed at the hospital. Finally, I heard that she had died of pancreatic cancer. In life, she worked as a community pharmacist. Her friends will remember her as having an interest in Latvian and French culture. Irene Gummerson
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Emergency contraception sales fall by more than 50% as pandemic causes 'disruption' to sexual health services
Sales of the morning after pill dropped by more than 50% between March 2020 and April 2020, according to retail data provider IRI.
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Charity in talks with government to develop code word for pharmacies to act as refuges
The charity behind a scheme that saw community pharmacies used as “safe spaces” for people experiencing domestic abuse is in talks with the government about creating a code word that will alert pharmacy staff to a customer that needs help.
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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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Government to consult pharmacies on plans to ask patients in Wales to phone before attending A&E Subscription
Community pharmacy in Wales will be consulted by the government over plans to ask patients to “phone first” before attending A&E in an effort to curb demand during winter 2020/2021.
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Government begins recruiting volunteers to evaluate finger-prick COVID-19 antibody tests
The UK government has begun recruiting volunteers to evaluate COVID-19 antibody tests that use finger-prick blood, after community pharmacies were advised to stop providing such tests.
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