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A lack of funding will be a major challenge for pharmacies in 2021 but that is not the only issue that needs addressing.

Andrew Andrews assesses whether the GPhC has taken a relaxed attitude to its standards during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Covid pandemic has made me realise that I have friends who believe in conspiracy theories, says pharmacist Peter Kelly.

Pharmacies can provide Covid vaccines but they are unclear when they will be called on or by whom, says Mohammed Hussain.

I feel frustrated that we in pharmacy are having to fight to be part of the Covid-19 vaccination programme, says Nick Kaye.

Let's hope the APPG can help the PSNC secure some desperately needed Covid-19 funding, says ICP editor Neil Trainis.  

As the NHS tackles a second wave of Covid-19, pharmacy access to patients’ medical records is vital, says Shanel Raichura.   

Why did the government pay a private company to run the service? Because Boris pulled a Napoleon of course.

Racial inequality exists but I hear pharmacists denying the fact we need to do better, says Elsy Gomez Campos. 

Nick Kaye says the GP CPCS service will be the most important one pharmacies deliver in the next five years.

Covid has been a catalyst for change but the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has been found wanting, says Mohammed Hussain. 

Daniel Lee puts the case for hub and spoke in independent pharmacies.

Despite positivity for pharmacy in Northern Ireland, Terry Maguire doubts new services being commissioned.

Contactors in England are being unfairly fined for simple admin errors and it needs to stop, says Martin Bennett.

Community pharmacy is stuck in a Covid-induced limbo but that might soon be replaced by a Brexit quagmire.

PSNC has gathered over 320 reports about more than 60 drugs reportedly affected by quota restrictions, says David Broome.

Virtual consultations can be effective but some people need face-to-face human contact, says Peter Kelly.

We need more women in positions of power but we need to figure out how to make that happen. 

Independent Pharmacy Awards winner Shaheen Bhatia appeared with Ross Kemp in a documentary about opioid addiction.

Whatever emerges from professor Wright’s reforms, independents need to be heard says NPA chief Mark Lyonette.