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England's deputy chief pharmaceutical officer, Bruce Warner, yesterday paid a visit to award-winning Bedminster Pharmacy in Bristol €“ and liked what he saw.

Ade Williams, superintendent pharmacist, told Pharmacy Magazine: €He was genuinely empathetic and spent about three hours talking to everyone in the team including our LPC chair Lisa Fisher in a very candid and thoughtful manner.

€We as pharmacy professionals continue €“ rightly €“ to demand more from our leadership. He clearly understands and accepts this. Integration fund money, when fully released, can be a vehicle to address some longstanding training funding needs which will help foster integration. 

€He came across as very knowledgeable and understanding of the sector but I'm worried if he and [his] team are allowed to sufficiently influence the direction of policy as relates to community pharmacy.€

Dr Warner commented: €It was a pleasure visiting Bedminster Pharmacy in Bristol. It is important to hear first-hand how the challenges facing the sector are impacting on practices. 

€It was also useful to discuss the significant progress being made on the pharmacy integration agenda, where NHS England is investing in a range of schemes to ensure pharmacists and [pharmacy] technicians can work across wider primary care settings and relieve the pressures on GP practices and hospital admissions.€