This site is intended for Healthcare Professionals only
nick-kaye-1280-copy

Labour are in power but questions remain

What was health secretary's Wes Streeting's pledge about 40,000 more primary care appointments really about, ponders Nick Kaye.

07 Aug 2024

nick-kaye-1280-copy

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

nick-kaye-1280-copy

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

nick-kaye-1280-copy

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

nick-kaye-1280-copy

Pharmacy should come First

Contractors say they are ‘not ready’ for Pharmacy First because they don’t have the headspace to think about its implementation, says Nick Kaye.

17 Jan 2024

nick-kaye-1280-copy

Bulldozing bureaucracy

Until we prioritise manufacturing over shortages, even commonplace medications will burden pharmacies, says NPA chair Nick Kaye.

13 Dec 2023

nick-kaye-1280-copy

Pressure … pushing down on you!

The pressure pharmacy is enduring is unbearable but we need our leaders to leave their egos in the dressing room, says Nick Kaye.

27 Sep 2023

nick-kaye-1280-copy

Naming and shaming does nobody any good

What is the human cost to the people running pharmacies that were named as the UK's worst by the MailOnline, asks Nick Kaye.

14 Jun 2023

nick-kaye-1280-copy

Release the pressure!

Pharmacists must have time to recharge their batteries and investment must be at a local and national level, says new NPA chair Nick Kaye.

25 Apr 2023

nick-kaye-1280-copy

Crisis, crossroads … and hope

Gary Lineker was taken off the air for tweeting his views but his fellow presenters united around him. Pharmacists need a cause to unite around too, says Nick Kaye.

22 Mar 2023

nick-kaye-1280-copy

Sensible … but challenging leadership plans

If pharmacy bodies don’t want change, the UK Commission on Pharmacy Professional Leadership’s proposals will go nowhere, says Nick Kaye.

15 Feb 2023

nick-kaye-1280-copy

It’s not all about GP pharmacists!

Why does the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme help GPs take on pharmacists but not community pharmacy employers, asks Nick Kaye.

19 Jan 2023

nick-kaye-1280-copy

Stop worrying about unintended consequences – and deliver!

We can talk about visions for pharmacy all day long but they will be hard to achieve without skilful leadership, says Nick Kaye.

25 Nov 2022

nick-kaye-1280-copy

Let’s come together…right now!

Cornwall & Isles of Scilly LPC said thank you to its contractors but what we need is a unifying vision, says Nick Kaye.

02 Nov 2022

nick-kaye-1280-copy

Keep calm … it’s only another energy crisis

Nick Kaye admits he is struggling to cope with the pressure of things that are outside of the control of small business owners.

06 Oct 2022

nick-kaye-1280-copy

Underfunding underpins the locum issue

Locum costs should be included in contract negotiations to improve the funding, says Nick Kaye.

19 Aug 2022

Change privacy settings