Pharmacy negotiators in talks over plans to distribute COVID-19 treatments in primary care
The Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee is in talks with the government over potential plans to distribute COVID-19 treatments in primary care. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - February 10, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Government 'miscommunicated' PPE stock levels to pharmacies during first COVID-19 wave, MPs told
The government implied wholesalers had more personal protective equipment  in stock than was the case during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Healthcare Distribution Association has said. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - February 10, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

RPS and pharmacy students' association call for rethink over overseas exam decision
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the British Pharmaceutical Students ’ Association have called for all overseas candidates to sit the March 2021 registration assessment in their home countries. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - February 9, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

PDA Union to represent LloydsPharmacy pharmacists
The Pharmacists ’ Defence Association Union has signed a voluntary recognition agreement with LloydsPharmacy, allowing pharmacists to negotiate on employment matters. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - February 9, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Pharmacies advised to order 'at least' enough flu vaccines for 2021 –2022 to match current season's record demand
Community pharmacies should order enough flu vaccines for the 2021 –2022 flu season to match the number of vaccines administered in 2020–2021. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - February 8, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

NHS trusts advised to conserve propofol because of high demand from COVID-19 patients
Hospital pharmacists should work with clinical teams to conserve ‘limited supplies’ of the sedative propofol, owing to increased demand from COVID-19 patients, the government has said. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - February 8, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Candidates barred from sitting registration exam overseas live in countries with six-hour or more time difference
Registration assessment candidates affected by the pharmacy regulator ’s decision to no longer hold exam sittings overseas are those living in countries with a six-hour or more time difference from the UK. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - February 5, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Gout drug could cut length of hospitalisation in patients with moderate to severe COVID-19
A trial investigating the gout drug colchicine as a treatment for COVID-19 has suggested it reduces the length of both supplemental oxygen therapy and hospitalisation in patients with moderate to severe COVID-19. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - February 5, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Nearly 30 pharmacies become first to express interest in delivering COVID-19 vaccinations in Scotland
Nearly 30 community pharmacies have expressed an interest in administering COVID-19 vaccines in one health board in northern Scotland. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - February 4, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Lack of community pharmacies commissioned for COVID-19 vaccinations is 'a ticking time bomb', say sector leaders
Four pharmacies in north Wales have begun vaccinating patients against COVID-19,  amid warnings that the lack of pharmacy involvement in is a “ticking time bomb”. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - February 4, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Some overseas candidates told they cannot sit March preregistration assessment
Some candidates for the March 2021 registration assessment, who are living overseas, have been told they will not be able to sit the exam outside of the UK. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - February 4, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

‘My job is fairly easy compared with yours, isn’t it?’ — what this < em > PJ < /em > reporter learned volunteering for the COVID-19 vaccination service
Pharmacy journalist Corrinne Burns saw the profession in a new light when she signed up to support her local pharmacy ’s COVID-19 vaccine effort. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - February 4, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Government to fund COVID-19 clinical trial using different vaccines for first and second doses
A clinical trial to determine the effects of using different COVID-19 vaccines for the first and second dose of a two-dose regimen has been launched in the UK. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - February 4, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Public Health England changes guidance to allow pharmacies to provide some point-of-care COVID-19 tests
Rapid point-of-care COVID-19 antigen tests can now be used in community pharmacies for patients with symptoms. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - February 3, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

Pharmacy teams have done brilliantly on COVID-19 vaccinations
Let ’s take a moment to celebrate the incredible contribution pharmacy teams are making to the COVID-19 vaccination programme. (Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal)
Source: The Pharmaceutical Journal - February 2, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research