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

Health Minister Opens £10m Mental Health Support Fund

July 6, 2021

Health Minister Robin Swann has formally opened a £10 million fund designed to assist charitable organisations offering support services to people with mental ...

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Travel queries – all you need to know

July 3, 2021

As travel queries begin to grow and people begin to question where they can travel to….we ask the pertinent questions of the Department of Health…… Am I all...

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Major milestone ‘wee buns’ for McKenzie’s employee!

July 1, 2021

When Isabel Keenan began working in McKenzie’s Pharmacy in the Ardoyne in July 1971, she could scarcely have imagined that she’d still be crossing the pharmacy...

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Minister of Health publishes new 10 year Mental Health Strategy

June 29, 2021

Health Minister Robin Swann today launched the new Mental Health Strategy 2021-2031, setting the strategic direction for mental health in Northern Ireland for ...

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Vaccination drive hits 2m landmark

June 28, 2021

The number of Covid-19 vaccines administered in Northern Ireland has passed the two million mark. The grand total includes first and second doses. Some 80% of ...

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£17.7m allocated for pharmaceutical pressures as BSO publishes latest statistics

June 25, 2021

Health Minister Robin Swann has welcomed June monitoring round allocations of funding for the health service. Mr Swann was speaking after the allocations we...

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Vaccination centres offering jabs to all adults

June 24, 2021

Northern Ireland’s Covid-19 vaccination centres are now offering first dose appointments to everyone aged 18 and over, as part of the drive to get as many peop...

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Testing will help us get through testing times – Swann

June 23, 2021

Health Minister Robin Swann has set out all the ways testing can help keep people safe from COVID-19. “Alongside vaccination and contact tracing, testing is...

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Health Minister publishes Consultation Analysis Report on new Mental Health Strategy

June 22, 2021

Health Minister Robin Swann has published a Consultation Analysis Report on the Draft Mental Health Strategy, which itself was published in December. Welcom...

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Joint Chief Medical Officers’ statement on the evolving profile of COVID-19

June 21, 2021

The Chief Medical Officers in Northern Ireland and Ireland, Sir Michael McBride and Dr Tony Holohan, have been discussing the evolving profile of COVID-19 acro...

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