Opinion

Hear the opinions and comment from some of the top names in pharmacy. Make sure you get in touch and share your opinions with us too.

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Practice

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

Reader's letter from Graham Phillips, Manor Pharmacy Group

1 Min Article

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NPA

We need a unity in a competitive marketplace

The national pharmacy bodies are developing a united campaign for fair NHS funding for pharmacies in England, says director of corporate affairs, Gareth Jones

1 Min Article

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Policy

Opinion: Looking forward. Charting a course for pharmacy

Community pharmacy is currently sailing in very turbulent seas. If we are to chart a course to calmer waters we need to shift our focus, says Harry McQuillan, in the first of a series of articles looking at different aspects of the future of the sector.

1 Min Article

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Practice

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

1 Min Article

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Public health

Editor's view: Supervision returns

Pharmacy supervision is back on the agenda. PM editor Richard Thomas asks can the profession finally figure out a way forward this time?

1 Min Article

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Policy

Opinion: What would you put in pharmacy's Room 101?

If I was asked what aspect of pharmacy should be banished to the fictitious Room 101, the conference room at the end of the first floor of the BBC’s old Broadcasting House and the torture chamber of The Party in Orwell’s 1984, it would have to be... prescriptions, argues Steve Mosley

6 Min Article

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Public health

Insight: What does 2023 hold for us?

I have to believe that 2023 is going to be a better year for all of us. I don’t have anything to base this on, just blind hope and optimism. Sometimes that is enough...

1 Min Article

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Public health

Editor's view: Pharmacy boost to women's health

The new NHS pharmacy contraception service could be transformative for the sector – just not this month, says PM editor Richard Thomas.

2 Min Article

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NPA

So how about standing for the NPA board?

The election process for the next NPA board is now underway and I would urge you to think about putting yourself forward, says board member Sanjeev Panesar

1 Min Article

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NPA

Reflections on a tough year and hopes for 2023

It has been an extremely stressful year but, with Christmas approaching, let’s not forget some of the more hopeful and joyful events, says NPA chairman Andrew Lane

4 Min Article

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