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Lords inquiry on declining childhood vaccine rates could be set up next year

A Lords committee could look at the barriers preventing children being vaccinated and make recommendations.

26 Nov 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Well through wanderlust

Training Matters explores how pharmacy teams can help customers to have stress-free holidays and feel confident taking on travel health concerns.

06 Jun 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacies can help combat falling vaccine uptake

Time to “awaken the sleeping giant” and commission pharmacies to administer more NHS vaccines.

26 Feb 2025 , 2 Min Article

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CCA chief: Commission pharmacies to provide vaccines through ICB and national route

Company Chemists’ Association chief executive Malcolm Harrison made his plea after NHS England proposed delegating commissioning to integrated care boards.

11 Feb 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Promising start for RSV vaccination programme

The new maternal Respiratory Syncytial Virus vaccine rolled out in September saw more than one in three women giving birth during the month receiving the jab.

30 Jan 2025 , 2 Min Article

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Pharmacies can reverse “worrying” decline in vaccine uptake

The CCA urges NHS England to use pharmacies to reverse dwindling uptake rates.

29 Nov 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Study claims 640,000 antibiotic prescriptions in practices a year ‘attributable’ to RSV

The Imperial College London study found adults over 75 accounted for the biggest number of antibiotic prescriptions.

06 Nov 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Community pharmacy not included in Scotland’s RSV vaccination programme

It is unclear why the community pharmacy network is not involved in the country's respiratory syncytial virus vaccine programme.

14 Aug 2024 , 1 Min Article

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RSV vaccine programme starts in Scotland but how many pharmacies are taking part?

The vaccine is available to pregnant women who are 28 weeks into their pregnancy and those aged 75 to 79.

13 Aug 2024 , 1 Min Article

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NHS to select 50 pharmacies for early pilot of RSV jab enhanced service

Pharmacies in the east of England will be selected for an 'early phase' of RSV enhanced service.

06 Aug 2024 , 1 Min Article

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All adult vaccinations should be advanced pharmacy services, says think-tank

Report from Reform says vaccination uptake could be greatly improved by making better use of community pharmacies.

01 Aug 2024 , 3 Min Article

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Whooping cough on the rise in UK as vaccine coverage declines

The UK Health Security Agency said there were 2,591 cases in May but just 59 per cent of pregnant women were offered a vaccine in March.

24 Jul 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Clinical briefing: Falling vaccination rates

While Covid-19 vaccination saved almost 20 million lives worldwide in a year, the pandemic meant that some people have missed other potentially life-saving immunisations, warns Mark Greener

13 Feb 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Get involved to improve children's health

Pharmacists have a unique opportunity to build trusting relationships with parents to influence the long-term health prospects of their children. Find out the most important ways you can get involved.

01 Jul 2020 , 4 Min Article

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Halting HPV

Experts suggest that hundreds of lives will be saved every year in England thanks to a more sensitive cervical screening test.

16 Apr 2020 , 1 Min Article

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