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Stark warning from pharmacy contractor on signing up NHS volunteers for medicines delivery service
A pharmacy contractor has warned fellow contractors to be “extremely careful” while signing up NHS volunteers for the delivery of medicines to vulnerable patients.
His...
Contractors made to pay out of pocket as NHS ‘unilaterally’ decides to treat bank holidays as normal working days for pharmacy
A London pharmacist asks how he is expected to convince his staff to work at normal rates on a bank holiday after NHS “unilaterally”...
Minister Jo Churchill thanks pharmacy teams nationwide in her first open letter to the sector
Minister Jo Churchill has expressed her gratitude to community pharmacy teams nationwide for providing an outstanding response to patients in challenging circumstances during the...
VIEWS FROM THE FRONTLINE: My experience with COVID-19 in pharmacy before self-isolation
The last few weeks have by far been the most demanding and daunting in my five years’ career as a community pharmacist.
Sadly, although community...
REALITY CHECK: Side-lining community pharmacy – it’s a policy future governments will live to regret
By Graham Phillips
In the 1960s, roughly 5,000 miles of railway tracks were closed and more than 2,000 stations were axed to cut the mounting debts...
Experts call for forward planning to contain coronavirus, say pharmacists can help
By Nadeem Badshah
Leading doctors have warned that GPs need more help and resources if there are more coronavirus cases in the UK.
They have called...