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West Berkshire council leader and community pharmacist Graham Jones has questioned whether LPCs will be fit for purpose in the new NHS. Pharmacists would need to make the most of local contacts... |
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Community pharmacists should capitalise on their position in local communities and provide more holistic health services as the NHS landscape changes, West Berkshire Council leader and community... |
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Public health In two surveys that questioned more than 15,000 adults, only a quarter of parents knew which of the children’s medicines they were aware of contained paracetamol. |
 C+D Awards 2012 Industry leaders explain why and how you should boost your role in public health |
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Media watch Two of yesterday's themes re-emerge in today's papers, writes Niall Hunt. But what can be done to tackle them |
 With the nation facing a raft of ticking healthcare timebombs, public health services are at the heart of the latest NHS reforms and pharmacists are central to delivering them, not least supported by the government-backed pharmacy and public health forum. |
 C+D senate We put your questions to the experts. This week, the topic was pharmacy and the public health agenda |
 Fran Robinson reveals how your peers are doing it – and how you can, too |
 Three apparently unconnected government announcements this summer have more in common than you think, argues Rob Darracott. Together, they reveal a glimpse of how pharmacy – and your future – will evolve |
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Public health is rightly a key focus for the whole of the pharmacy sector – as illustrated in the green paper published by Pharmacy Voice earlier this week. So it’s our responsibility to ensure the knowledge void is addressed and that we’re not left behind, Andy Murdock says. |
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The public health white paper Healthy Lives, Healthy People, re-iterates the coalition government's plans to radically shake up healtcare provision in England. Jennifer Richardson provides an at-a-glance summary of Healthy Lives, Healthy People |
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Maximise your share of the £100m smoking cessation market by helping patients navigate the range of NRT formats and strengths, says Zoe Smeaton Smoking cessation is big news. Cigarette smoking is... |
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Evolutionary rather than revolutionary probably best describes the public health white paper published last week – at least in terms of interventions. But in terms of delivery it indicates a change in... |
 Gary Paragpuri Let's show our detractors we are going way beyond what you'd expect from your traditional community pharmacy |
 The link between pharmacy, public health and the PM’s Big Society vision could cement the sector’s position at the heart of local communities, argues LPC secretary Hemant Patel |
 Clinical Debate Self-prescribing is a big no-no when it comes to ethical practice. Ideally, a health professional should never need to do it, and the General Medical Council has good practice guidelines on the few occasions it’s acceptable. |
 Fast food is food. And for most people it’s not their food that is causing the obesity, but snacks. Just as the wicked stepmother offers Snow White the poisoned apple, so we lead our little ones onto the path of diabetes, heart failure and stroke without realising. |
 A great opportunity to develop as leaders is being provided by the National Leadership Council's fellowship programme. In the words of the programme: "The new Clinical Leadership Fellowship is... |
 Thrilled to see how the healthy living pharmacy pathfinder site opportunity has captured the imagination of community pharmacy, the NHS and public health around the country with a massive response... |
 C+D clinical & CPD editor Chris Chapman looks at research linking anticholinergic drugs with dementia and death risk in older patients If you cannot see the video, download the latest... |
 The debate around your future has well and truly kicked off. And if you're not part of it, you'll have no say in the new services, new ways of working, new partnerships and new competition that... |
 The north-south divide is an unfortunate reality when it comes to healthcare. In 2007, it was shown that those living in the north had a lower life expectancy than their southern counterparts,... |
 The WHO issued guidance this week on the possibility that mobile phones may increase cancer risk. Chris Chapman looks at the reality of the guidance If you cannot see the video, download the... |