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You can rise to the challenges of 2025!

I’m confident investment will come for independent pharmacy but this will mean reform too, says Nick Kaye.

08 Jan 2025

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Fighting for recognition and better funding

Some pharmacists may be uncomfortable with work-to-rule action. But this is about ensuring pharmacy teams feel valued, says Nick Kaye.

10 Dec 2024

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Don’t underestimate the power of unity

National Pharmacy Association chief executive Paul Rees said “we don’t plough our own furrow. We work with organisations.”

25 Sep 2024

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Hope can be dangerous but progress is a must

Martin Luther King said 'if you can’t walk, then crawl. But whatever you do, keep moving forward.’ The same applies to pharmacy, says Nick Kaye.

18 Sep 2024

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For the sake of pharmacy and patients Labour, get on with it!

Medicines shortages should be at the top of Wes Streeting's in-tray.

31 Jul 2024

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Editor's view: Patient voices outweigh pharmacy’s pleas

What pharmacy needs is a report full of patient testimonies explicitly detailing how pharmacies' poor funding has directly led to their health suffering.

31 May 2024

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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

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Interview: Paul Rees

The National Pharmacy Association is undergoing “substantial change” as it tries to transform pharmacists’ fortunes, says Paul Rees.

03 Apr 2024

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Labour MP does great job supporting pharmacy but she missed a trick last month

Taiwo Owatemi does a great job championing community pharmacy in parliament but September 14 was a missed opportunity.

03 Oct 2023

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Editor's view: Government needs a jab of common sense

Pharmacies have been subjected to two shocking U-turns on this autumn’s flu and Covid vaccine roll-out by the government.

31 Aug 2023

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Interview: Ian Strachan

NHS England is holding community pharmacy back and the Wright reforms were a missed opportunity, says Ian Strachan.

20 Feb 2023

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Editor's view: Things are getting worse, not better

I hope health select committee chair Steve Brine fulfils his promise of an inquiry into community pharmacy.

30 Jan 2023

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Health secretary isn’t my cup of Coffey

Thérèse Coffey thinks pharmacies can do more even though the government refuses to give them additional funding, says ICP editor Neil Trainis.

29 Sep 2022

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Editor's view: It’s no wonder independents are turning to private income

The government has failed to support community pharmacists, so why shouldn't they go where the money is, says Neil Trainis.

31 Aug 2022

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Children’s health is weighing heavy

Overweight and obese kids are at risk of a lifetime of ill-health and an early death.

05 May 2022

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Nothing to excite from the chancellor

Living standards are set for a historic fall following the spring statement. Atif Butt examines what this means for independents.  

14 Apr 2022

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