It’s not always easy to admit to bowel health problems, but some are more serious than others so early interventions can prove life-saving, as I find out in this feature for Training Matters magazine…
CPCS in the real world
Since the community pharmacist consultation service (CPCS) launched last October, the benefits have been unsurprising but there have been some unexpected challenges, as I find out in this feature for Independent Community Pharmacist magazine…
Health and wellbeing at work
Pharmacists help people look after their health issues every day, but what do they do when they – or their staff – are unwell? I look at how to recognise when something in wrong, and strategies for coping, in this feature for Chemist + Druggist magazine…
What’s it like to be a pharmacist in the third sector?
Pharmacist Roz Gittins tells me about her route to her latest role as director of pharmacy for Humankind, a national third sector provider specialising in substance misuse, in this feature for The Pharmacist magazine…
Football and pharmacy – it’s a match
With this year’s football World Cup well under way, I spoke to Paul Moloney – who works as a consultant sports pharmacist at a premiership football club – to find out what the role entails, in this feature for The Pharmacist magazine…
#PJMindTheGap
The Pharmaceutical Journal is holding a Twitter chat on Tuesday 10 April at 8pm to provide a platform for pharmacy professionals to discuss the issue of gender inequality in pharmacy. I’ll be on the panel, so come and join the debate with @PJOnline_News and use the tag #PJMindTheGap
From the shop floor to the glass ceiling
Legislative change in the UK has resulted in compulsory reporting of pay for male and female employees of larger corporations and has seen the gender pay gap narrow to 9.1% in April 2017, the lowest level since 1997. However, it is clear that more progress needs to be made to address inequality across the sexes, both within pharmacy and wider society. I explore the significance of gender...