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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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Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy Election Special 2024

The CIG editors examine what the main political parties have been saying about community pharmacy from a policy perspective and discuss what might be in store for the sector under a new Government ahead of Thursday's general election.

02 Jul 2024

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Pharmacy Magazine In Conversation With podcast – Nicola Stockmann, APTUK

Richard Thomas and Monica West talk to Nicola Stockmann, president of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK, about the opportunities – and challenges – for community pharmacy presented by role expansion for pharmacy technicians. What might the future hold for skill mix in the sector?

13 Jun 2024

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Pharmacy Magazine In Conversation With podcast – Malcolm Harrison, CCA

Richard Thomas talks to Malcolm Harrison from the Company Chemists' Association about pharmacy closures, Pharmacy First and Pharmacy2U. Plus representation, the changing ownership profile of the sector and the prospects of a brighter future – but only if the funding is right.

27 May 2024

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Opinion: Pharmacy has been dealt a double whammy

National Living Wage increases and Drug Tariff changes are a double whammy for cash-strapped pharmacies, says NPA chief executive Paul Rees.

19 Apr 2024

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Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, March 27

The Editors are back with their end-of-term Easter school reports – who in pharmacy has got distinction A*s and a gold star and who's got the dreaded "must try harder" detention...

27 Mar 2024

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Supervision changes: let’s keep it simple

In this blog written exclusively for Pharmacy Magazine, Community Pharmacy Scotland outlines its response to the Government’s supervision consultation and asks – do the proposed changes fall short of achieving what modern pharmacy practice really needs?

21 Feb 2024

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Pharmacy Magazine In Conversation With podcast – Paul Rees & Nick Kaye, NPA

New NPA chief executive Paul Rees and chair Nick Kaye talk to PM editor Richard Thomas about Pharmacy First, broken reimbursement, the human cost of the funding crisis, a new deal for community pharmacy and reconnecting with members.

16 Feb 2024

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Opinion: Now it’s time for action

If last year was dominated by planning and reform, then the year ahead is all about delivery for community pharmacy, says NPA chair Nick Kaye.

29 Jan 2024

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Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, November 24 (PodBean version)

Topics covered this week: health select committee inquiry into community pharmacy, co-codamol shortages and the complexities of the National Living Wage rise. Plus the big story that is dominating the headlines – Pharmacy First in England. How did it land with the sector?

24 Nov 2023

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Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, November 24

Topics covered this week: health select committee inquiry into community pharmacy, co-codamol shortages and the complexities of the National Living Wage rise. Plus the big story that is dominating the headlines – Pharmacy First in England. How did it land with the sector?

24 Nov 2023

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Pharmacy Magazine podcast – Talking Pharmacy, October 13

Friday 13th, unlucky for some – but not the CIG editors, who are back with a pre-Pharmacy Show pod. Visions, Boots bounces back, ARRS and GP locum rates, and post-payment verification for BP checks... all feature.

13 Oct 2023

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Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, September 22

Westminster's pharmacist MP Taiwo Owatemi's recent speech in Parliament, NAPC president Ash Soni on the panel at the recent Avicenna conference, a new chief executive for the NPA and the review of hospital pharmacy care in Wales by the RPS – all feature.

23 Sep 2023

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Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, August 4

The CIG editors give their holiday reading suggestions and list their pharmacy highlights of the year so far. Plus some serious stuff – supervision and what the health select committee's expert panel thinks about the Government's performance over pharmacy policy. Answer = not much.

03 Aug 2023

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