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EDX/20/1154
Date of prep: December 2020

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opinion

The great patient medication returns debacle

16th December 2020 by PIP editor 3 Comments

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.

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Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: community pharmacy, community pharmacy Scotland, opinion, pharmacy, pharmacy in practice, PIP, Prescription charges

Resilience initiatives deflect blame

31st August 2020 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

Initiatives focusing on resilience as a solution to workplace stress suggest that the person experiencing the stress wouldn’t suffer so much if they were more resilient.

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Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: opinion

Patient stories are not yours to share

23rd May 2020 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

I’ll level with you. I get really nervous when healthcare professionals, start describing encounters online they have had with patients in practice.

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Some pharmacists should receive penalty points

4th May 2020 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

I’m not for more regulation but I am in favour of effective regulation. Registrants deserve a regulator that is working well and engaged with the profession.

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Dr Edward Snelson on examining childrens’ throats during the pandemic

14th April 2020 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

As acute clinicians, our intuitive thinking relies on a reasonably consistent approach and in most paediatric encounters, we are used to looking in the throat.

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Filed Under: Blogs Tagged With: blog, cpd, opinion

Volunteers, medicine deliveries and what if it all goes wrong?

12th April 2020 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

I’ll level with you. I think the widespread use of volunteers to deliver medicines to shielded patients poses significant risks on a number of fronts.

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Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: Coronavirus, Covid 19, opinion

The toughest week I’ve ever had in community pharmacy

29th March 2020 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

This last fortnight has without a doubt been some of the hardest I’ve ever experienced in pharmacy.

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Stop throwing NHS money in the Pharmacy bin

2nd December 2019 by PIP editor 1 Comment

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.

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Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: Medicine waste, opinion

How much longer can community pharmacists push linctus up the hill?

5th August 2019 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

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.

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Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: community pharmacist, community pharmacy, opinion, The Grouchy Pharmacist

Should over-the-counter opioid sales be banned in the UK?

20th May 2019 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

  As pharmacy professionals, it is our duty of care to ensure that patients receive treatment suited to their needs, in order to provide optimal benefit. An issue that is well known in pharmacy practice is that of over-the-counter pain relief. These consultations can be difficult as it is often hard to determine whether the […]

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Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: codeine, community pharmacist, community pharmacy, drug, opinion, Opioids, pharmacist, pharmacy

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