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Trouble north of the border

Community Pharmacy Scotland warned the country’s pharmacy network is in “serious financial trouble.”

05 Jul 2023

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Happy or successful? You choose

Is happiness something some people are blessed to be born with while others have the misfortune of missing out on, asks Peter Kelly.

05 Jul 2023

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Interview: Hemant Patel - social justice crusader

Covid almost killed Hemant Patel but he recovered and is now a clinical lead at an ICS where his focus is health inequalities.

28 Jun 2023

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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

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A worrying state of mind

Community Pharmacy Northern Ireland is creating a state of mind among contractors that is pernicious and self-defeating, says Terry Maguire.

31 May 2023

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Leader of the pack

As team leader at Bedminster Pharmacy, Beata Mularska takes an interest in supporting her colleagues as much as her patients.

14 May 2023

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Face up to co-designed services

Terry Maguire asks if the SH:24 EHC service's co-design took place in Northern Ireland or London where demographics are very different.

02 May 2023

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Following the science? Obviously not

The war on drugs in Mexico is viewed very differently from elsewhere, as Peter Kelly discovered when he visited the country.

25 Apr 2023

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Dark clouds are gathering

Chronic underfunding and incoherent piecemeal strategies pose big challenges which will not change under ICSs, says Mohammed Hussain.

24 Apr 2023

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Persuasive pandemic stories

Personal testimony is a powerful thing, as Patrick Grice found when listening to the NPA during the UK Covid public inquiry.

04 Apr 2023

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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

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I might be going to prison!

The Windsor Framework might have solved some problems in Northern Ireland but it hasn’t sorted FMD, says Terry Maguire.

21 Mar 2023

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Do we have strong enough regulation of wholesalers?

Has the MHRA looked into the allegations we’ve heard about in recent years? And if not, why not, asks ICP editor Neil Trainis.

23 Feb 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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Levelling up healthcare for women  

An inherent bias in healthcare means women have poorer health outcomes but a government strategy aims to change that.

17 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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