Covid-19’s mental health toll on pharmacists | Multiples adopt PDA’s zero tolerance abuse stance

View in browser PROFESSION Revealed: Covid-19's mental health toll on pharmacists Workload, safety fears and rising costs are taking a huge toll on community pharmacists' mental health as they grapple with the pandemic. Read more Blogging a pandemic Pharmacy Magazine editor Richard Thomas warns that PPE shortages are increasingly acute in his latest video update. Watch now NEWS, FEATURES & OPINION Multiples sign up to PDA campaign against violence All eight CCA companies now have a zero tolerance approach to violence in community pharmacies. Read more Self-isolating pharmacists taking NHS 111 calls from home A number of Boots pharmacists who are self-isolating have begun taking calls from patients via NHS 111. Read more Opinion: Lions led by donkeys One thing the Covid-19 crisis has highlighted is that if ever there was an organisation that is failing with a leadership that is flailing, it is NHS England. By Alexander Humphries*. Workplace social distancing 'impossible' for pharmacy staff The vast majority of pharmacists are unable to maintain social distancing from other staff in their workplace, the RPS has warned. Clinical news: Why Covid-19 hits men particularly hard Study suggests men are more at risk than women from Covid-19 because they clear the virus more slowly, possibly because it lurks in the testicles. MOST READ ONLINE Pharmacies getting 40 medicine delivery requests a day Community pharmacies are being inundated with requests for medicine deliveries regardless of whether patients are shielding. Pharmacy Magazine is part of the Pharmacy Network, a learning system developed and operated by Communications International Group, the UK's largest provider of community pharmacy learning content. To complete any of the training modules in the newsletter, please ensure you are a registered member of www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk Unsubscribe   Ι  Contact  Ι  Privacy Policy  Ι  Become a Member