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Pharmacy is failing its workers when it comes to their mental health, says ICP editor Neil Trainis.

The lesson from January is that people’s perceptions are important, even if they don’t reflect your reality.

The ICO's recent decision to fine a pharmacy for failing to ensure the security of personal data is significant for pharmacies.

Should community pharmacy contractual proposals be discussed and agreed at the LPC conference?

Although this is supposed to be a time of optimism and renewal, one should be wary about what 2020 might bring. 

Is your local pharmaceutical committee supporting you adequately as you try to engage with primary care networks?

Many pharmacy organisations still struggle to get women to take on leadership roles, says Claire Ward.

There hasn’t been much in the press about independent pharmacist prescribers who are vital to the NHS.  

Capacity and workforce are not covered in any contract framework but they could be the next big problems for the sector.

The rules of a GP practice are different to those in a pharmacy. Community pharmacists need to be aware of this.

The first deadlines in the five-year CPCF have come and gone – and some hard choices are being made.

The government has failed to use its Brexit preparations to solve some longer-term issues on medicines supply.

It is very hard to be passionate about delivering a service that patients don’t engage with. 

September always seems to bring a rush of activity and this year has been no different. In fact, it has probably been worse...

Let us be tough on stress and tough on the causes of stress, says the PDA's Claire Ward.

A new generation of treatments none of us thought was possible could be just around the corner.

Claire Ward: Pharmacists can review patients' medicines to reduce unnecessary polypharmacy. Are you listening Sajid Javid?

Revalidation and IT are areas that, on reflection, require our correspondent’s attention...    

Community pharmacists must train themselves not to see everything as being about them, says Peter Kelly. 

The five-year CPCF deal is like a curate’s egg - there's an awful lot of the detail still to come.