Analysis

It’s time to delve deeper into health discussions. Broaden your understanding of a range of pharmacy news and topics through in-depth analysis and insight.

Business environment

Making collections more convenient

Most people are now familiar with accessing goods and services at the click of a button – a fundamental shift in consumer habits that community pharmacies must not ignore, says Gary Paragpuri

04 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

Business

Getting it right with IR35 tax rules

Community pharmacy owners engaging locum pharmacists need to ensure their contractual agreements and working practices comply with the reformed IR35 tax rules, known as off-payroll legislation. So says Dave Chaplin, chief executive of compliance firm IR35 Shield

18 Sep 2023 , 1 Min Article

Digital & technology

Online...but under the radar?

Amid ongoing serious patient safety concerns affecting the online sector, how big is the problem of poorly performing internet pharmacies and is the GPhC on top of the situation?

13 Sep 2023 , 1 Min Article

Heart health

Identifying those at risk of stroke

Every five minutes, somewhere in the UK, someone has a stroke. It is why hypertension screening by pharmacists is so important in picking up the post-pandemic pieces and identifying those at risk

16 Aug 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Integrated care

What integrated care boards mean for you

Integrated care boards are now formally responsible for commissioning local pharmaceutical services – so how will this affect community pharmacy?

18 May 2023 , 1 Min Article

Digital & technology

Behind the times?

What are pharmacy technology firms doing to drive much needed modernisation and policy change?

25 Apr 2023 , 1 Min Article

People

Burnt out and quitting

The latest Workforce Wellbeing Survey from the RPS and Pharmacist Support makes sobering reading – for those pharmacists who have the time to pick it up.

13 Feb 2023 , 1 Min Article

Healthy living

Is self-care in decline?

New research from PAGB shows consumers lack knowledge about the most common self-treatable conditions. So what’s happening to self-care?

20 Dec 2022 , 1 Min Article

Financial Management & Funding

Market share of biggest pharmacy multiples continues to fall

The proportion of community pharmacies owned by the largest UK corporate multiples saw a decline in the 12 months to March 2022.

11 Nov 2022 , 1 Min Article

PDA

Pharmacy delivery needs reconfiguring says PDA

A recent PDA report called on policymakers to revolutionise pharmacy service provision

15 Sep 2022 , 1 Min Article

Public health

Weeding out the truth about cannabis

Professor David Nutt makes a compelling case for the medical benefits of cannabis.

22 Jun 2022 , 1 Min Article

Screening & diagnostics

Analysis: Testing times for NHS screening programmes

Fewer people are attending the UK’s national health screening programmes. Is this an opportunity for pharmacy?

20 Jan 2022 , 4 Min Article

People

Reflections on the old year and wishes for the new

Five pharmacists talk about the ways they coped with the difficulties of 2021, the positives they took away from what was another challenging year, and their hopes and wishes for 2022.

19 Jan 2022 , 3 Min Article

Business

Alliance’s drive for carbon neutrality by 2030

Focusing on sustainability is "hand in glove" with running an effective, profitable business.

13 Dec 2021 , 2 Min Article

Pharmacy and the new NHS

The first in a series on community pharmacy and the changing NHS landscape.

30 Sep 2021 , 2 Min Article

Substance misuse

Clinical briefing: Opioid deaths

What needs to be done to reduce the harm caused by opioid dependency?

20 Aug 2021 , 2 Min Article

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