An MP has praised community pharmacy services in a recent visit to her local pharmacy in Lesmahagow, Scotland. Dr Lisa Cameron MP attended Abbeygreen Pharmacy on Friday (10 September) to find out more about the services they offer. This includes the Pharmacy First service which helps patients with minor illnesses and frees up time for [...]
Learn about the challenges people face when starting to quit smoking, how Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) can help, and how you can support individuals to quit. Join smoking cessation and behaviour change trainer Jennifer Percival for a new & free training session on smoking cessation and NRT sponsored by Nicorette. First touching on why it [...]
The next Ask Your Pharmacist Week will be 1-8 November. The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has announced that the next Ask Your Pharmacist (AYP) Week will take place from 1st - 8th November 2021. AYP Week provides a platform for pharmacy public awareness activities across the UK. It also serves as a prompt for [...]
The first COVID-19 vaccine study for women who are pregnant has been launched across the UK – with Edinburgh playing a key role in the research. The study will look to understand the safety and tolerability of the Pfizer-BioNTech jab in women who are both pregnant and healthy. It will also seek to evaluate the [...]
The Cambrian Alliance Group and Target Healthcare are pleased to announce that they have entered into a new supply agreement for the provision of generic and PI medicines to independent pharmacy across the UK. This new supply agreement combines Cambrian’s market leading buying platform, e-CASS, with Target’s first class delivery service and supply arrangements. With [...]
An extension to the current UK approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine that allows its use in 12- to 15-year-olds has today been authorised by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). This follows a rigorous review of the safety, quality and effectiveness of the vaccine in this age group by the MHRA and [...]
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) has announced that they will extend the PRPS training grant to support Pharmacy PRPS trainees (2020/2021 cohort) financially until they are able to join the provisional register on 1st August 2021 if their training year finishes before this date. This is in response to a delay in the General [...]
As the profession’s charity, Pharmacist Support relies heavily on a dedicated team of volunteers to support its work. At the beginning of 2021, the charity announced plans to enhance its volunteer schemes to ensure that they reflect the diverse experiences, backgrounds and needs of all in their pharmacy family. In recognition of Volunteers Week (June [...]
New research by VIAGRA connect released today reveals that 72% of men in the UK aged 25-34 are planning to visit a pharmacy to stock up on sexual health products in preparation for a post lockdown summer of love.[i] Additionally, this applies to almost three quarters (74%) of respondents who experience erection problems (EPs).i The [...]
50% of Hospital Acquired Infections are preventable. A 900 bed hospital takes 2-3 million temperatures per year – that’s 2-3 million unnecessary contact points with patients. The TRITEMPtm offers zero patient contact reducing infection spread, lowering costs and eliminating plastic waste in hospitals. Over 5 years ago whilst working in hospitals, we recognised an [...]
