Pharmacy In Focus - The official magazine of the Ulster Chemists’ Association in Northern Ireland

New 100% accurate COVID-19 antibody test approved for use in UK

Public Health England has approved an antibody test, which may be used to identify how much of the UK population has been infected by COVID-19. Elecsys® Ant...

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Community pharmacy trade unions call on government to facilitate talks on workplace safety

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) and USDAW (Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers) have written a joint letter to Health and Social Care Sec...

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Alphega Pharmacy Members Receive Extra Support in COVID-19 Effort

Alphega Pharmacy Members have been going to heroic lengths to support patients during this time of uncertainty, coping with unprecedented demand and changing t...

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NI Company In Demand After Manufacturing First Sanitiser Certified To Kill COVID-19

Northern Ireland company Aktivora has been inundated with orders for its ‘super sanitiser’ after it became the first in the UK and Ireland to be certified to k...

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PHARMACY BODY WARNS OF WORKFORCE PRESSURES AS STUDENTS FACE FURTHER DELAY IN JOINING THE WORKFORCE

The body representing community pharmacy in Northern Ireland has warned that if the delay in pharmacy pre-registration students j...

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UK company repurposes its specialist food packaging designs and technology to make PPE for pharmacists

Capacity to deliver up to ten million face shields a weekNews follows the announcement from Boris Johnson that ‘face coverings will be useful when lockdow...

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Independent community pharmacies react angrily to a recent change in the MyGP app

Independent community pharmacies have reacted angrily to a recent change in the MyGP app which they believe pushes their patients towards Lloydspharmacy’s ECHO...

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Numark launch petition to fight for fairer funding – #saveourpharmacies

We are launching a petition to fight for fairer funding for our community pharmaciesCommunity pharmacies and their teams have been faced with unprecedented cha...

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TRADE SHOW 2020

Due to the Government restrictions during this Covid 19 Pandemic and the situation with RDS as our venue, we are forced to cancel our Trade Show for this year....

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NPA support for local community pharmacy

Dear Member, The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unexpected immense pressure for community pharmacies who are evidently under significant strain alread...

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