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Are independents useful idiots for the big chains in Northern Ireland?

Community Pharmacy Northern Ireland’s energies are focused too much on lower profit margins of the multiples, says Terry Maguire.

25 Sep 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Don’t underestimate the power of unity

National Pharmacy Association chief executive Paul Rees said “we don’t plough our own furrow. We work with organisations.”

25 Sep 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Hope can be dangerous but progress is a must

Martin Luther King said 'if you can’t walk, then crawl. But whatever you do, keep moving forward.’ The same applies to pharmacy, says Nick Kaye.

18 Sep 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Letters to the editor

NHS England is bleeding pharmacies of funding!

04 Sep 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Realising the promise of independent prescribing

Finally, after 25 years, it's got momentum but it’s difficult to retain a positive spin with the chaos that's emerging, says Terry Maguire.

28 Aug 2024 , 1 Min Article

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A terrible indictment of the UK

Midwives, nurses and doctors in hospitals are fighting a much tougher battle than me and my pharmacy, says Peter Kelly.

21 Aug 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Labour are in power but questions remain

What was health secretary's Wes Streeting's pledge about 40,000 more primary care appointments really about, ponders Nick Kaye.

07 Aug 2024 , 1 Min Article

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For the sake of pharmacy and patients Labour, get on with it!

Medicines shortages should be at the top of Wes Streeting's in-tray.

31 Jul 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Supporting Gypsy and Traveller communities by gaining their trust

Pharmacist Lindsey Fairbrother says Travellers have a deep sense of fatalism that is compounded by poor literacy and digital exclusion.

03 Jul 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Editor's view: Patient voices outweigh pharmacy’s pleas

What pharmacy needs is a report full of patient testimonies explicitly detailing how pharmacies' poor funding has directly led to their health suffering.

31 May 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Clarity counts in this world!

The Northern Ireland Health Committee is not a negotiation forum but Community Pharmacy Northern Ireland should have been clearer, says Terry Maguire.

14 May 2024 , 1 Min Article

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PGDs – let’s keep it simple!

Some think the difference between pharmacist and pharmacy technicians is too great to allow the latter to use PGDs. But it much depends on the PGD, says Nick Kaye.

30 Apr 2024 , 1 Min Article

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It’s houses, stupid!

When you talk to young people, the side hustle is paramount but a normal job will never get you a house. Peter Kelly explains.

30 Apr 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Discount blues

Contractors in Northern Ireland are unconvinced a generics and brands discount scheme will distribute money fairly, says Terry Maguire.

24 Apr 2024 , 1 Min Article

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The illusion of control

The approach to venereal disease in the first two world wars has parallels to how we view drug-taking by young people, says Peter Kelly.

17 Apr 2024 , 1 Min Article

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The power of human stories

Great lobbying and great advocacy is taking the voice of community pharmacy’s frontline and putting it to decision-makers, says NPA chair Nick Kaye.

03 Apr 2024 , 1 Min Article

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