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Opinion: Four pharmacies and a load of hassle

What image do we portray to the public and policy-makers? The pharmacy PR machine describes the many great things that the sector has to offer, but is this the experience that people walking into pharmacies actually have?

15 May 2023

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Opinion: Stop complaining, these ads are a bonus

NHS adverts are encouraging people to visit their local community pharmacy for common ailments. They certainly have an impact so why have some in the sector been complaining about them, wonders our columnist Liam Stapleton

25 Apr 2023

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Viewpoint: A call to action – enough is enough

Pharmacy in England is running out of road. It is time to rally the public to protect a vital national asset. By Pharmacy Magazine editor Richard Thomas.

28 Mar 2023

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Analysis: Duty of care and the supply of opioids

Could pharmacy owners in the UK end up in court for fuelling the opioid abuse crisis?

19 Dec 2021

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Items or services: Make your mind up time for sector

The sector needs to ask tough existential questions of itself, says our columnist.

26 Nov 2021

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Opinion: Tensions rising on the Covid frontline

Community pharmacy has an important role in boosting vaccine uptake amid reports of abuse and intimidation.

28 Jul 2021

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Opinion: Time to take integration seriously

Integration is one of those words used so often that we sometimes fail to register its significance, says the NPA's Michael Lennox.

26 Jul 2021

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It is a privilege to serve the community pharmacy sector

The NPA’s 100th anniversary this year coincides with a period of time that may well be seen as pharmacy’s proudest hour, says chairman Andrew Lane.

26 Jan 2021

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Opinion: Lions led by donkeys

One thing the Covid-19 crisis has highlighted is that if ever there was an organisation that is failing with a leadership that is flailing, it is NHS England. By Alexander Humphries*.

22 Apr 2020

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Opinion: Abandoned on the NHS front line

Community pharmacy was already running on empty before a virus from China turned our lives upside down, says pharmacy owner Graham Phillips.

16 Apr 2020

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