This last fortnight has without a doubt been some of the hardest I’ve ever experienced in pharmacy.
Opinion
‘Pharmacy First’ a first for pharmacy
Once again, these green shoots and genuine leadership are emerging from Scotland.
The great pharmacy identity crisis
If we, as pharmacists, don’t fully understand our identity – which I think we don’t – then we should not be surprised when the general public doesn’t either.
Are community pharmacists trying to protect their EHC secret treasure?
Are community pharmacists trying to protect their EHC secret treasure? What are the reasons we don’t currently allow the public to self select EHC?
Stop throwing NHS money in the Pharmacy bin
If you work in community pharmacy, you’ll be familiar with the patient returns situation. If not, you need to know what is going on.
Is the only answer to nationalise community pharmacy?
To put the present state of community pharmacy into context we need to go back in time a bit. Before 2005, owning a pharmacy was basically a licence to print money. It was virtually impossible not to be profitable. But then a new contractual framework for community pharmacies was introduced in April 2005. […]
Community Pharmacy is not just keeping up with the pace of change – It is driving it
Community Pharmacy is not just keeping up with the pace of change. It is driving it.
Could a clever nudge stop the over-ordering of prescription medicines?
There’s so much outrage on the go at the moment but I have to say the amount money drained from the NHS via the oversupply of medication must be staggering and largely unmeasured.
How much longer can community pharmacists push linctus up the hill?
Low pay, targets, performance management and no lunch break. Some complain of feeling guilty for taking a toilet break. The miserable conditions many community pharmacists have to put up with have been well documented in pharmacy circles. That said, really very little has changed in community pharmacy in the last 30 years.
The rise and fall of Pharmacy Trade Unions
Did you know that the membership of the Pharmacist Defence Association (PDA) has almost doubled since 2010?
