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Viewpoint: Make hub and spoke happen – before it’s too late

Hub and spoke dispensing is the shot in the arm that independent pharmacists need, argues Daniel Lee, founder and CEO of HubRx and Pharmacy+Health.

22 Nov 2024

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Needed: a national community pharmacy diabetes screening service

A pharmacy-delivered screening service is a ‘no-brainer’ to improve diabetes care, says Company Chemists’ Association chief executive, Malcolm Harrison.

05 Nov 2024

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Opinion: Ballot is a reluctant but necessary step. Please vote

The sector’s financial plight leaves us with no choice but to ballot members on the withdrawal of some services, says NPA chief executive Paul Rees.

23 Oct 2024

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Opinion: Pharmacy is in a much better place. Really.

The new Government is trying to repair a ‘broken’ NHS and Lord Darzi has been brought back into the fold to advise Labour ministers for a second time. I was there when he did his first review in 2007, says Keith Ridge, former chief pharmacist for England. So what’s changed?

17 Oct 2024

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Opinion: My first Pharmacy Show

Digital editor Sonya Reuther gives a freshman’s take on Birmingham’s big pharmacy event...

16 Oct 2024

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Opinion: What are the implications of an Assisted Dying Bill?

With the Scottish Parliament considering a Bill on assisted dying, Numark chairman Harry McQuillan examines what the implications for community pharmacists could be should the proposed legislation become law.

08 Oct 2024

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Editor’s viewpoint: Celts, cuts and colleges

The news wires are buzzing; it’s been a busy month. Pharmacists are facing huge questions on all fronts, says Pharmacy Magazine editor Richard Thomas.

04 Oct 2024

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Opinion: Crying wolf about the elephant in the room...

Have community pharmacy owners and their representatives been crying wolf for the past 30 years? One of our readers* has been crunching the numbers and draws some interesting conclusions. But is he or she right?

06 Sep 2024

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Editor’s viewpoint: Time to make a stand

Levels of violence, abuse and aggressive behaviour are escalating in pharmacy. Enough’s enough, says PM editor Richard Thomas.

23 Aug 2024

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Pharmacy lives: Holistic health is the future

Pharmacists’ professional lives have never been more hectic or stressed. Unless we take time out for ourselves, we are at real risk of burnout, writes Sobha Sharma Kandel. So she did exactly that...

16 Aug 2024

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Viewpoint: I know what it is like to experience racism

People coming together as one is a powerful antidote to the divisions and civil disorder we have all witnessed over the past few weeks, says NPA chief executive Paul Rees.

16 Aug 2024

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Opinion: Hoarding, shoplifting and a new Government

We have a new Government. Let’s hope we also have a more sympathetic approach to all the problems facing the sector. I have high hopes – pharmacy has always fared better under a Labour administration, writes retired pharmacist Andrew McCoig.

02 Aug 2024

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Opinion: Strategy needed for the bigger picture

Alongside a strategy for the health service, the new Government needs a strategy for health. The NHS is but one component in a much broader picture, says Berkshire community pharmacist Graham Jones.

18 Jul 2024

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Weekend opinion: We must help the Government find the solutions it needs

New health secretary Wes Streeting has made it clear that cutting waiting times for GPs and hospitals are among his top priorities for the NHS, says NPA chair Nick Kaye. This is where pharmacy can help.

12 Jul 2024

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