At a consultation meeting in London, Terry Maguire's day was tainted when he heard pharmacists are no good at advising on OTC analgesics

A recent experience with a respiratory pathway group has left contractor Terry Maguire feeling like pharmacists are expected to be cheerleaders for board decisions and not contribute to serious discussions

Explaining why some men get “bitch tits” and “roid rage” might not have been what Terry Maguire had in mind for his visit to the Belfast Athletic and Cultural Society

Terry Maguire should be a happy pharmacist but he isn’t. Northern Ireland’s newly launched obesity strategy, he says, is “dull, predictable and useless”

After a CPNI contractors meeting from which his colleagues emerged noisy, spirited and buoyed by their common cause, Terry Maguire was the only one in despair for the future of community pharmacy

On a trip to the Middle East, Northern Ireland contractor Terry Maguire found that while there are many cultural differences, pharmacists abroad face the same pressures

Terry Maguire The sudden death of a patient makes Terry question whether the system is creating a toxic environment for those with mental health issues

After hoards of screaming fans overtook Belfast for the MTV Awards, Terry Maguire can’t help but notice the difference between what motivates the younger generation in Northern Ireland and England

Pouring rain, an overheard conversation with the health minister and the prospect of losing the shirt off his back, Terry Maguire's week hasn't got off to a good start

Northern Ireland pharmacy might be in negative equity following its judicial review, but writesTerry Maguire pharmacists still have a few valuable bargaining chips left

Terry Maguire is unhappy. His bank balance is heading south and he can only see more pressures ahead for his pharmacy and the sector in Northern Ireland. So who, he asks, is to blame for his financial hardship?

Blog Following three-dispensing errors and a missing multiple-dispensing prescription, Terry Maguire, explains how SOPs helped him get the bottom of the problem

Blogs Fresh from lecturing some pre-registration students, Terry Maguire was disappointed at their lack of vision for pharmacy's future

The news that Lloydspharmacy is trialling a coffee shop at its Brent Park branch should come as no surprise, writes Terry Maguire. After all, Sufi Mystics were drinking it for its medicinal properties in the 13th century

Dispensing fee The fall in the multiple dispensing fee once again highlights the stark realities of a remuneration system based on prescription volume, writes Terry Maguire

  Mired in legal briefs and public relation campaigns I'm surprised CEO Gerard Greene has the time, never mention the energy, to make changes to the way Pharmaceutical Contractors' Committee...

  Over the last few years the work UCA do on our behalf has just got better and better. I am impressed by the way they have taken an increasing professional development and improved business...

Mired in legal briefs and public relation campaigns I'm surprised CEO Gerard Greene has the time, never mention the energy, to make changes to the way Pharmaceutical Contractors' Committee (PCC)...

In the last week of June I did as my parents did 30 years ago and I went off to see my children graduate.   University of Ulster's actor-chancellor, James Nesbitt (Murphy's Law),...

Constructive destruction seems an unconventional tool to create a fit-for-purpose modern pharmaceutical service. Here in Northern Ireland, the past few months have been, as the Chinese sage called...

  Two large lattice spheres are taking shape near my Falls Road pharmacy. They will not, as they do now in early June, sit alongside each other, rather the smaller will be dropped inside the...

  Smoking remains our number one avoidable killer and we remain in denial. We tinker around the edges with 'fair' policies while 100,000 a year die in the UK; 2,300 of these in Northern...

  I'm struggling to write a sensible and cogent response to DHSSPS's consultation on the 2011 Amendment to the 1976 Pharmacy Order. The Pharmacy Order is no longer fit for purpose. ...

  I've just picked up 50 copies of the Pharmacy Vascular Screening Service from the printers. The vascular screening service – which doubles up as a weight management service – is the product...

  I've just been told Sainsbury's latest local contract application has been refused. Great news as this would have impacted significantly on one of my pharmacies and it's a weak business as...