Opinion

Why strong pharmacy leadership is essential for the NHS’s next decade

With the NHS facing reform and funding cuts, pharmacy must step up with clear, strategic leadership — or risk being sidelined in decisions that shape patient care and the future of medicines.…

Published: 20 August 2025

Opinion

Reviewing our clinical services and implementing job planning to get the best out of our pharmacy team

How deputy chief pharmacist Poureya Aghakhani and his team have responded to financial pressures to reaffirm their purpose.…

Published: 18 August 2025

Opinion

Prescriptions and ponchos: pharmacy volunteers in the field

As crowds descend on the UK’s festival circuit, a small team of pharmacists ensure attendees have access to medicines, emergency care and health advice.…

Published: 4 August 2025

Opinion

PJ view: NHS ten-year plan raises more questions than answers

The NHS ten-year plan sets out well-meaning ambitions for prevention, digital innovation and an expanded role for pharmacy — but with limited detail on delivery and funding, concerns remain about how these goals will be achieved.…

Published: 30 July 2025

Opinion

Pharmacy at the frontline of tackling healthcare inequalities

This month’s column from the RPS chief scientist’s office looks at highlights from recent pharmacy practice research through the lens of Core20PLUS5.…

Published: 28 July 2025

Opinion

Dale and Appelbe’s Pharmacy and Medicines Law: covering ‘essential ground in the most highly regulated areas of healthcare’

As the 13th edition of Dale and Appelbe’s Pharmacy and Medicines Law is printed for the final time before moving online, its authors Chris Langley and David Reissner reveal what has changed in this latest edition and reiterate its significance for anyone working in pharmacy.…

Published: 23 July 2025

Opinion

The pharmacists leading the future of diabetes care

Puja Nathwani shares how a new fellowship programme, launched in May 2025, is equipping pharmacists to lead local diabetes hubs — easing pressure on hospitals, improving community care and putting the NHS ten-year plan into action.…

Published: 21 July 2025

Opinion

Prescribing pharmacists are delivering beyond their pay grade

Why it is time for Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme funding to catch up and match the scope of what prescribing pharmacists deliver in practice.…

Published: 17 July 2025

Opinion

Tackling the NHS drug budget: why we set up a regional collaboration for medicines value

Amid NHS financial pressures, the medicines value programme lead at the North East and North Cumbria Provider Collaborative shares its approach to setting up a strategy that supports sustainable use of medicines.…

Published: 7 July 2025

Opinion

Developing my role as a neuropharmacist to improve care for patients with epilepsy

Advanced neurology pharmacist Olga Tanda shares how she seized the opportunity to lead the outpatient epilepsy clinic at her trust and put patients at the centre of their care.…

Published: 3 July 2025