As the ‘front door to the NHS’ community pharmacy plays a vital role in Trauma Informed care, as I find out in this feature for Chemist+Druggist…
GPhC proposes 7.5% increase in registration renewal fees from 2024
Following a freeze in registration fees for two years, the pharmacy Regulator says its proposed increases are “below inflation”. I gauge the sector’s reaction, in this story for The Pharmaceutical Journal…
ICBs – friend or foe?
With the commissioning of pharmacy services moving to ICBs from 1 April 2023, I find out how both sides can work together in this feature for The Pharmacist…
Contraception access expands
As the NHS Community Pharmacy Contraception Service prepares for national rollout in England, I find out what lessons have been learnt from the pilot and what’s coming next, in this feature for Pharmacy magazine…
In need of special attention?
There will always be a patient need for unlicensed specials, but market conditions are getting tougher by the year, as I discover in this feature for Pharmacy magazine…
Business profile: Rokshaw
From specials wholesaling to medical cannabis, I find out what’s next for Sunderland’s Rokshaw, in this profile for P3pharmacy magazine…
Is self-care in decline?
New research from PAGB shows consumers lack knowledge about the most common self-treatable conditions. I talk to Michelle Riddalls – PAGB CEO – about what’s happening to self-care, in this feature for Pharmacy magazine…
Sustainability in pharmacy
Consumers are getting smarter when it comes to spending their money in more environmentally friendly ways, pushing pharmacy to up its game in the sustainable products stakes, as I discover in this feature for Training Matters magazine…
business profile: thea pharmaceuticals
With three generations of pharmacists in its lineage, I talk to French family-owned pharmaceutical eyecare company Laboratoires Théa about its view of the vital role pharmacists play when it comes to eye health, in this profile for P3 magazine…
Vision on for pharmacy in england
As PSNC begins a consultation on its new strategy and vision for pharmacy in England, I look at what it plans to address, and ask what the sector thinks it should contain, in this feature for P3 magazine…
blowing hot and cold
As winter unfurls, I discover how pharmacy teams can help customers protect their skin as much as possible with OTC solutions and advice, in this feature for Training Matters magazine…
business profile: west hill pharmacy
West Hill Pharmacy won the Team of the Year Award at this year’s Independent Pharmacy Awards. I spoke to pharmacist and co-owner Jaya Authunuri for this profile in ICP magazine…