Will life assurance cover support staff? | Bank holiday opening fees announced

View in browser PROFESSION Life assurance: Growing calls to include support staff There are growing calls on the Government to ensure that the new Covid-19 life assurance scheme applies to all community pharmacy staff. Read more Pharmacy Magazine "Talking Covid" podcast The ramifications of the Government's welcome U-turn on including pharmacists in its death in service scheme are debated in this week's episode. How could ministers have initially got it so badly wrong? This week's view from the front line: Alliance Healthcare's Julian Mount. Listen now NEWS, FEATURES & OPINION Pharmacies receive £250 per hour to open on Friday bank holiday NHSE&I announce the terms for opening on the May 8 bank holiday will be the same as Good Friday and Easter Monday. Read more EDF to deliver medicines to LloydsPharmacy patients LloydsPharmacy strikes an agreement with EDF that will see volunteer engineers deliver medicines to patients in England. Read more NHS Covid-19 app to be tested in Isle of Wight App offers automated rapid symptom reporting, ordering of swab tests, and sending alerts to other app users. Covid-19: Convalescent plasma trial underway Can plasma donated by patients who have recovered from Covid-19 help those battling the illness? NPA announces board election results The National Pharmacy Association has announced that Andrew Lane has been re-elected as chair for two more years. MOST READ ONLINE Pharmacists will be included in £60k life assurance scheme After coming under intense pressure, health secretary Matt Hancock confirmed that community pharmacists will be eligible for the death in service payout, but important questions remain. 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