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Final word: Charting a course for pharmacy

In previous articles in this series, Harry McQuillan has outlined the clinical pharmacy services of the future and the education and training needed to deliver them effectively. There is still, however, the small matter of how to make space for all those conversations and interventions...

17 May 2023

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NAPC view: Fund care, not just supply

It is time to recognise that all pharmacists in all settings are clinicians, who apply their knowledge in different ways, says National Association of Primary Care president Ash Soni.

15 May 2023

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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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Ethical dilemmas: How should I... deal with a racist patient?

Since October 1999 the NHS has had a zero-tolerance campaign against all violence and intimidation of staff, yet the problem of racist behaviour in the workplace continues.

26 Apr 2023

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Pharmacogenomics: an update

This module aims to update community pharmacists' knowledge of pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics, and how they explain the variations seen in drug responses.

24 Apr 2023

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Pharmacist prescribing outpaced by nurses

Non-medical prescribing under the spotlight in Scotland.

20 Apr 2023

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Help shape future policies and practice

Community pharmacists are being urged by the National Institute for Health and Care Research to help ensure its research applies to all members and groups in society and “better reflects the location of the burden of disease”.

31 Mar 2023

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Cornwall minor ailments service reaches Westminster

Push for regional pharmacy-first type service to be rolled out nationally.

24 Mar 2023

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Practice pharmacists' role still unclear

Practice-based pharmacists (PBPs) integrate well into, and improve, primary healthcare, according to a study from Northern Ireland.

16 Mar 2023

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RCGP chair was right: I am not a GP on the cheap

Reader's letter from Graham Phillips, Manor Pharmacy Group

13 Feb 2023

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Insight: I am optimistic... yet burnt out

It feels like the winds may – just may – be changing in our favour with widespread recognition that community pharmacy is both underfunded and a potential solution to the crisis in the NHS. However, the day-to-day grind is taking its toll

10 Feb 2023

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Pharmacy Magazine Talking Pharmacy podcast – February 4, 2023

This week: why pharmacists aren't GPs on the cheap, can the sector finally find a way to modernise supervision that works for both pharmacy teams and patients, and a young pharmacy owner in Glasgow with a very bright future.

03 Feb 2023

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Pharmacy bodies form supervision group ahead of legislation reforms

Group seeks to influence Government ahead of planned reforms to pharmacy supervision legislation.

30 Jan 2023

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Pharmacy Magazine Podcast - Category Insight: What's in the news

Category Insight returns for 2023!

26 Jan 2023

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Keeping up to speed with a changing world

With evidence and guidance about treatments and condition management changing all the time, how can pharmacists keep on top of the latest developments and ensure their practice is up to date?

17 Jan 2023

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Technology has revitalised our business

Harnessing technology allows pharmacists to work at the top of their profession and go back to what attracted them into it in the first place – the desire to help patients, says Westbury Chemist owner Wole Ososami

23 Dec 2022

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