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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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Editor's view: RPS drugs shortages group is a bit short on detail

Maybe nobody will be held to account, or even asked awkward questions, given the group’s ‘advisory’ nature, says Neil Trainis.

20 Mar 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Raising the IT stakes

I’m happy about progress in Northern Ireland but I request that Fujitsu are not commissioned to develop the claims systems, says Terry Maguire.

06 Mar 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Can culture predict future events?

We can control the direction of planes in the sky but we can’t control our own vanity, ego, envy or greed, says Peter Kelly.

22 Feb 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy First … step to bigger things

I would love to see Pharmacy First become the first stage to a two-pharmacist model, says National Pharmacy Association chair Nick Kaye.

21 Feb 2024 , 1 Min Article

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GP did pharmacists’ bidding over Pharmacy First

Wouldn’t it be great if general practice campaigned on behalf of poorly funded pharmacies, says ICP editor Neil Trainis.

20 Feb 2024 , 1 Min Article

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A cyber war on pharmacy?

If the Iranian government can take down a wealthy oil company, could they do the same to the NHS prescription system, asks Peter Kelly.

07 Feb 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Editor's view: Asda has not covered itself in Pharmacy First glory

Critics who doubt the GPhC’s willingness to crack down on the multiples will watch developments with interest, says Neil Trainis.

31 Jan 2024 , 1 Min Article

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