There are only weeks to go until the entry window for the C+D Awards slams shut, so add entering to the top of your to-do list and look forward to enjoying the evening.

Pharmacy First could pave the way for pharmacy to become the backbone of primary care in England – but pharmacists will need investment and support to deliver. Clanwilliam is committed to making the scheme a success and is investing in the technology solutions that will be required, says Jon Williams, product owner of RxWeb. 

The new private COVID-19 vaccine, manufactured by Novavax and delivered for the first time in the UK by an independent pharmacy, is almost half the price of the Pfizer jab offered by Boots.

As Rokshaw Laboratories rebrands its medical cannabis division to Curaleaf Laboratories, managing director Richard Hodgson tells Saša Janković what this means for pharmacists and patients.

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) will submit a motion  to a group of Scottish trade unionists that "underqualified staff " should not be pressured to take on responsibilities for which they are not adequately trained.

This month, Xrayser talks about another IT fail by Pharmacy First as community pharmacy pushed through Maundy Thursday

Amid a spike in reports of sexual harassment in pharmacies, with vulnerable victims scared to speak up and concerned managers feeling muzzled for fear of losing their licence, what can be done about pharmacy’s sexual crime problem?  

The DH has revealed that the pharmacy minister relied on an “internal” assessment when dismissing proposals to allow pharmacists to substitute medicines that are in short supply.

Dame Andrea Leadsom has told the HSCC that pharmacy provision and government support for the sector “remains very strong”.

Atif Butt talks through some considerations when purchasing a pharmacy

From paediatric specialist hospital pharmacist to lecturer to podcaster - with a spell at pharmacy services for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix thrown in - multihyphenate pharmacy professional Anisha Patel discusses her unconventional path through pharmacy in this week’s ‘A Coffee With…’ podcast

Opportunities to expand are appearing regularly as corporates divest sites. How can independent pharmacies best capitalise on the opportunity?