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Community pharmacists can now supply two antiviral treatments at NHS expense to help treat and prevent influenza in “at-risk” patients.
The NHS will now pick up the bill for oseltamivir and zanamivir, the Department of Health and Social Care (DH) and NHS England have announced in a joint circular published today (December 14).
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5Chair of the National Pharmacy Association (NPA) Nick Kaye has said that he “definitely wouldn't be thinking about a U-turn” on collective action, amid “real anger” over a lack of April cash.
1The pharmacy hypertension service specification is set to be updated to exclude patients who request “frequent measurement of their blood pressure”.
1CPE is recruiting a new independent chair to “provide strategic leadership” – the position pays £50k a year and only requires a “time commitment” of 3-4 working days per calendar month.
The government has announced an expansion to and fresh payment structure for the new medicine service (NMS) to “boost mental health support in the community”.
The government has announced that it will expand the pharmacy contraception service (PCS), making the morning-after pill “available free of charge” at pharmacies in England.
