The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has issued new advice which says that pregnant women should be offered the COVID-19 vaccine at the same time as the rest of the population, based on their age and clinical risk group. JCVI has advised that it is preferable for pregnant women in the UK to...
Community pharmacy contractors who have not yet signed up to the new Advanced service – the NHS community pharmacy COVID-19 lateral flow device distribution service – but are intending to do so, are reminded that there is an early sign-up fee for those who sign up to provide the service by Sunday 18th April 2021....
The Services Team at PSNC has received a number of queries on the NHS community pharmacy COVID-19 lateral flow device distribution service. Below are some of the questions asked this week. Q. Can I make supplies to a person under the age of 18 years? Where the person requesting supplies is under 18, the pharmacist...
Community pharmacy contractors who have signed up to the COVID-19 lateral flow device distribution service, are asked to submit their data for last week (week commencing 5th April 2021) on the NHSBSA Manage Your Service (MYS) portal as soon as possible due to this function not being available last week. Due to a systems issue,...
Community pharmacy contractors may receive a higher number of queries about the use of the coronavirus vaccine or coronavirus tests from patients who are Muslim during the month of Ramadan, which starts this week.* During Ramadan, Muslims are required to abstain from food and drink from sunrise to sunset, and consuming medicines is also not...
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