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We need to have a grown-up conversation about independent prescribing in community pharmacy, says Nick Kaye.

We all fight to be our true selves but we can learn and benefit from the struggle of transgender people, says Peter Kelly. 

People booking then not turning up, clotting concerns, missing patients, bribery…Terry Maguire thought he had seen it all.

A vote in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society elections will not bring change, says Mohammed Hussain.

Jawn Jiang and Natasha Jones are two of many tireless pharmacists who continue to provide Covid vaccines.

Tanpreet Kaur says 75 per cent of Discharge Medicines Service referrals she receives require some form of intervention.

The theme for #Pharmacy24 this year is pharmacy in a pandemic, says Mohammed Hussain.

The products we sell in our pharmacies could make it difficult for us to help people live healthy lives, says Terry Maguire.  

We are all tired and so are our teams. This makes the additional financial pressures and uncertainties cruel, says Nick Kaye.

The pharmacy profession needs a much more comprehensive social media strategy and media infrastructure, says Peter Kelly.

I'm worried about investing in my business because of the threat of the £370 million in advanced payments. 

I have been exploring business opportunities during the pandemic without much success.

Friendly fire in warfare is known as ‘unintended consequences' in the NHS, says Martin Bennett.

I am bemused by patients who have no fear of Covid and are blasé about protecting themselves and others, says Peter Kelly. 

Pharmacist Leah Davies tells ICP how she supported the Covid vaccine programme at her local independent pharmacy.

Forcing an exam on prov-regs who have worked as pharmacists during a pandemic was a failure, says Mohammed Hussain.

The supply of medicines to Northern Ireland will change dramatically and could result in less availability, says Terry Maguire. 

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

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.