Patients today seem to choose which pharmacy they use based on location, writes contractor Ravi Patel, so allowing open entry never created healthy competition

With his local surgeries having gone live with EPS release two last month, contractor Ravi Patel couldn’t help feel a bit disappointed after all the hype

With several experiences of surgery computer’s behaving badly, contractor Ravi Patel wonders just how far mistakes get elsewhere in the country before they're flagged

Ravi's blog Debates around NHS reforms rarely mention pharmacists and, given the attitude of some GPs, pharmacists don't stand a chance if the reforms go ahead

Ravi Patel While pharmacists should try to offer as many services as they can, writes Ravi Patel , they have to draw the line somewhere

Ravi Patel might be only newly qualified, but he believes the new medicine service is an opportunity that pharmacy must grab with both hands to prove itself as a service-driven health provider

Ravi's Blog If a patient asks you to find out if another has died, what do you do? Ravi Patel was placed in this moral dilemma and ended up with more than he bargained for

A hostile patient and a badly written prescription - Ravi Patel faces an ethical dilemma as he tries to do the right thing

For the past few months of initial trading I had been ordering my specials from my main wholesaler, as I did not have time to open a separate specials account and it made things easier at the...

Finally my first cheque from the PPD is due but, writes Ravi Patel how much it will be is anybody's guess

Finally, who would have thought the day would arrive! I have now officially managed to take over the pharmacy that I've been trying to buy for more than a year! However the first day was far from...

I've had enough. I genuinely feel like I'm jinxing myself each time I say the transfer seems to be finally drawing to a close as I've been saying it for months and months. I'm desperate to...

I never thought I would be writing this again this year, but my pharmacy transfer is STILL going through. It officially began in May last year and the never ending headache continues! I...

I had two patients visit the pharmacy a week ago and after a bit of conversation I was asked by one of them whether we supplied methadone, to which I answered "yes". One of the guys informed me...

I cannot believe the transfer process of buying the pharmacy mentioned in previous blogs is still ongoing (since May) – If only C+D had an award for the longest ever pharmacy transfer process,...

Given the extent to which technology has advanced, it is evident pharmacy hasn't caught up yet, hence the continual push for electronic transfer of prescriptions. However, I don't personally...

Last month I was asked whether I would be able to interview Helen Gordon, the new RPS chief executive, with questions oriented around community pharmacy, since many community pharmacists felt the...