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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.

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.