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Lloydspharmacy’s rapid delivery partnership with Deliveroo will be available from a further 110 branches “in the coming months”, the companies have announced.
Currently, the service is available across 40 stores, with customers able to order and receive 50 of the multiple’s “best-selling products” products via the Deliveroo app “in as little as under 30 minutes”, the companies said.
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2The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has announced that it is advising its 6,000 member pharmacies to limit services and reduce opening hours in protest against “unsustainable” funding.
1Due to shortages in coal tar scalp ointment, the DHSC has asked the manufacturer of an equivalent product - Sebco - to provide increased stock levels to support patients during this time.
0Pharmacies in Scotland have been asked to ensure they have the “appropriate stock” of naloxone – a medicine used to reverse the effects of an opiate overdose – following an “increase in sudden collapse” due to overdoses.
Boots has issued a recall for 120,000 packs of its own brand paracetamol due to “incorrect packaging” and called on customers to return the product for a “full refund”.
Asda has launched the “UK’s first” adult earache service at over 220 of its pharmacies in England to “[reduce] the burden on NHS services”, with same day appointments available and priced at £25.
