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Financial Management & Funding

Opinion: Change the record, Wes

If the result of the NPA ballot doesn't send Messrs Streeting and Kinnock into a cold sweat – and to the negotiating table – nothing will. Pharmacy needs funding not soundbites from this underwhelming Government as the sector stands on the brink. By Richard Thomas.

14 Nov 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Policy

Editor’s viewpoint: Celts, cuts and colleges

The news wires are buzzing; it’s been a busy month. Pharmacists are facing huge questions on all fronts, says Pharmacy Magazine editor Richard Thomas.

04 Oct 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Pharmacy team

Editor’s viewpoint: Time to make a stand

Levels of violence, abuse and aggressive behaviour are escalating in pharmacy. Enough’s enough, says PM editor Richard Thomas.

23 Aug 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Leadership

Editor’s view: Opportunity knocks for pharmacy?

Community pharmacy’s fate hangs in the balance as the new Government tries to get to grips with a “broken” NHS. Yet despite the sector’s deepening financial crisis, simply holding out the begging bowl will not cut the mustard. It’s time to be bold, says Pharmacy Magazine editor Richard Thomas.

17 Jul 2024 , 3 Min Article

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Clinical services

Editor’s view: Sector let down by Pharmacy First IT shambles

The start of Pharmacy First in England has been far from plain sailing. Urgent action is necessary to sort out myriad problems, writes Pharmacy Magazine editor Richard Thomas.

22 Mar 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Services

Editor's view: Pharmacy First up and running – just about

Whisper it quietly, but the early indications are that England’s Pharmacy First common conditions service has got off to a promising start, writes Pharmacy Magazine editor Richard Thomas.

14 Feb 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Financial Management & Funding

Editor’s view: Stirrings from Sheffield

Pharmacy’s reimbursement system is finished. Urgent reform is needed or more businesses will bite the dust, says PM editor Richard Thomas.

01 Nov 2023 , 3 Min Article

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Leadership

Pharmacy Magazine In Conversation With podcast – June 23, 2023

Pharmacy Magazine editor Richard Thomas talks to NAPC president Ash Soni about where community pharmacy really sits in an increasingly localised NHS and why the sector needs much stronger professional leadership.

22 Jun 2023 , 25 Min Article

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Contract

Viewpoint: A call to action – enough is enough

Pharmacy in England is running out of road. It is time to rally the public to protect a vital national asset. By Pharmacy Magazine editor Richard Thomas.

28 Mar 2023 , 5 Min Article

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Public health

Editor's view: enough is enough, a call to action

Pharmacy in England is running out of road. Time to rally the public to protect a vital national asset, says PM editor Richard Thomas

16 Mar 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Public health

Editor's view: Supervision returns

Pharmacy supervision is back on the agenda. PM editor Richard Thomas asks can the profession finally figure out a way forward this time?

10 Feb 2023 , 1 Min Article

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Practice

Editor's viewpoint: Pharmacy in crisis

Pharmacy teams are at breaking point, warns PM editor Richard Thomas.

13 Jan 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Clinical services

The green, green grass really is greener

Community pharmacy in Wales is seen as the solution, not the problem. The contrast with England could not be more marked, says editor Richard Thomas.

16 Mar 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Wales Week London puts spotlight on community pharmacy

PM editor Richard Thomas joins a panel of experts to debate the changing role of community pharmacy in Wales during the annual Wales Week London celebrations.

26 Feb 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Wales Week London puts spotlight on community pharmacy

PM editor Richard Thomas joins a panel of experts to debate the changing role of community pharmacy in Wales during the annual Wales Week London celebrations.

26 Feb 2021 , 1 Min Article