If I had been given the chance to respond to the direct remarks by Mr Rees on the Pharmacy Show panel about unity and his unfulfilled wish to meet with the IPA, I would have asked why he resorts to media, panels and WhatsApp groups to ask...
AI might advance mankind, it might annihilate it. But before then, what might it do for pharmacy? Our survey wants to know...
Many ambitions in the winning party’s manifesto are so top-line they could mean almost anything. Perhaps that was the point...
It's the sharpest survey of community pharmacy there is. We want you to share your thoughts, wisdom, insight, feelings, knowledge and experience... and your salary. Anonymously, of course. Ready?
Pharmacy has an historic opportunity to meet the potential they represent by working with government to deliver more - and should rightly want to be reimbursed sustainably for that work.
CPE’s committee represents the many voices of the sector, but does the shifting ownership picture across the UK mean it no longer represents community pharmacy accurately?
In early 2025, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) will ask members and fellows whether they wish it to be renamed the Royal College of Pharmacy. Two-thirds must agree. My vote, presently, is for college status but I might change my mind.
I know you are ambitious for change, and very keen to make better use of your skills, to better your communities. You have shown time and again how you can deliver, and we are determined to provide the support you need.
How did someone with no experience in sports medicine end up as chief pharmacist at the Olympics? C+D spoke exclusively with the lead pharmacist who ran an athletic three-month operation out of a 24/7 polyclinic in the Olympic Village this summer…
There are lots of questions swirling around pharmacy, and no 'right' answers. The only thing I am sure of is that we need unity, whatever we do, and an urgent uplift in funding, and we needed it at least five years ago.
Visibility, control, seamless communication, real risks and 'two very important things'. What has Day Lewis pharmacy process improvement manager Danny McNally discovered trialing a new way of working to take advantage of Hub and Spoke?
Collective action is unprecedented in pharmacy, but the NPA is leading its members into a ballot that would see pharmacies work to rule - essentially curtailing all the services they offer for 'free'. With six weeks until the result, how do you plan to vote?
A ballot launching next week will see NPA members asked if they want to work to rule. The resulting impact will hit the NHS, but also patients. It's a big moment for Community Pharmacy. C+D spoke to NPA Chief executive Paul Rees.
The launch of Maxwellia’s Evana® tranexamic acid Pharmacy-only medicine offers women greater access to treatment for heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB).
Welcome to another round of picking over the decaying NHS looking for morsels to reinforce already weary conclusions.
Find out where your alma mater ranked in the June 2024 GPhC registration assessment…
The decisions Wes Streeting and his team take in the months ahead could make or break the community pharmacy network in this country...
Dispensing a different quantity in a manufacturer’s original pack requires a pharmacist to make the supply or pharmacist supervision - and there is considerable lack of clarity over the meaning of supervision.
A coroner has said a national shortage of EpiPens meant a pharmacist could not prevent the death of a young girl. She's asked the Department of Health to take action. It's said it will keep thinking about it.
Legislation has been introduced to permit registered pharmacy technicians to supply and administer medicines under Patient Group Directions (PGDs). What does pharmacy need to know from a legal perspective?