At the special swine flu update session at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s annual conference, John Lawlor, Chief Operating Officer for NHS Flu Resilience, announced that pharmacists would now be on the priority staff list for vaccination against swine flu.
Commenting on the announcement, David Pruce, the Society’s Director of Policy and Communications said: “We welcome the announcement that pharmacists and their clinical staff who have regular clinical contact with patients, or are directly involved in patient care as part of their practice, will now be eligible for the vaccine.
“This anomaly was a bone of contention amongst the profession and the cause of a great deal of concern. Frontline pharmacists in community and hospital settings are highly likely to be treating patients with swine flu and we are pleased the Department has now remedied this issue.”
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