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Training troubles

When independents identify a problem with the foundation training year, the multiples ignore it, says Terry Maguire.

09 Sep 2025

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Reforming the NHS, reforming your business

Labour’s 10-year plan has changed pharmacy’s landscape. The message to independents is ‘your role is changing and changing fast’, says Mandeep Mudhar, head of Alphega Pharmacy.

02 Sep 2025

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Pharmacies need multi-year funding deal

There was hope the new pharmacy contract in England might ease the pressure on pharmacies but it has fallen short, says Harry McQuillan.

02 Sep 2025

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Ten-year plan? Labour is muddling through as usual

The government doesn’t have a coherent strategy for pharmacy, never mind the NHS, writes Neil Trainis.

27 Aug 2025

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Mounjaro madness

The announcement Eli Lilly made about Mounjaro threw us into uncertainty, says Nick Kaye.

26 Aug 2025

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Is better pharmacy regulation coming?

Pharmacists did not find themselves working collaboratively with the General Pharmaceutical Council who often acted more like a parliamentary militia than a community policing service, says Terry Maguire.

05 Aug 2025

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The 10-year NHS plan needs…a plan

If Labour is going to deliver its vision for the health service, it will need a clear funding and contracting model both nationally and locally, warns Nick Kaye.

30 Jul 2025

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Letter to the editor 6

More independents get in touch with Independent Community Pharmacist with their views.

29 Jul 2025

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I fear Football on Prescription is missing something huge

I felt conflicted as I read about a scheme launched by the green industrialist Dale Vince and Labour MP Simon Opher, says ICP editor Neil Trainis.

22 Jul 2025

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France verus America - who got it right on ADHD?

Is ADHD a brain chemistry disorder that needs medical intervention or a healthy response to being in the wrong environment, asks Peter Kelly?

22 Jul 2025

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Letter to the editor 5

Independent pharmacists contact ICP magazine to get things off their chest.

22 Jul 2025

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Representation is symbolic without accountability

Janet Morrison’s justification for voting secrecy on Community Pharmacy England's committee is not persuasive or acceptable in a modern, member-funded organisation, says Hemant Patel.

02 Jul 2025

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Parity of esteem

Do we spend too little looking after young people with mental health problems? I think the answer is an obvious yes, says Peter Kelly.

02 Jul 2025

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I should have been more assured by my own quality systems!

A power imbalance between surgeries and pharmacies meant I was forced to take responsibility for something I had no responsibility for, says Terry Maguire.

11 Jun 2025

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Do DSPs have an 'unlawful restraint of trade' argument?

When services are funded by the public such as the NHS, there are always legal frameworks within which services must be provided, says David Reissner.

10 Jun 2025

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It’s time to have grown-up conversations

I had no knowledge of the 2025-26 funding deal as National Pharmacy Association chair before the announcement. That’s not the best way to deliver co-ordinated lobbying, says Nick Kaye.

28 May 2025

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