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Opinion

PJ view: There are still reasons to be optimistic about pharmacy in 2025, despite a challenging 2024

A turbulent 2024 has left the pharmacy profession with many uncertainties, but there are still opportunities to come in 2025.…

Published: 20 December 2024

Opinion

Working across boundaries to enable research in pharmacy

A snapshot of the research presented at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s 2024 Annual Conference, by deputy chief scientist Diane Ashiru-Oredope.…

Published: 19 December 2024

Opinion

Learning and CPD: 2024 in review

As we head towards 2025, we look back on some of the highlights from CPD and learning content published in 2024 by The Pharmaceutical Journal and celebrate the valuable contributions made by our expert authors and reviewers.…

Published: 18 December 2024

Opinion

How a GP referral scheme improved hypertension detection in community pharmacy

Primary care pharmacist Gurvinder Najran shares the outcomes from an initiative in Dudley, West Midlands, aimed at improving hypertension detection by referring patients from general practice to community pharmacy.…

Published: 4 December 2024

Opinion

Patient communication will be essential for successful collective action

In this month’s health policy column, Andy Cowper outlines how pharmacies participating in the National Pharmacy Association’s advisory collective action can make their point to the government while keeping patients on side.…

Published: 27 November 2024

Opinion

PJ view: Reshoring medicine manufacturing must be considered as an option for managing shortages

With the number of medicine shortages on the rise, the UK government and pharmaceutical industry must review the idea of reshoring supply chains to minimise the impact on patients.…

Published: 25 November 2024

Opinion

Bruce Warner: ‘Medicines shortages will never go away, but the situation can be improved’

The chair of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s advisory group on medicines shortages discusses the causes of medicines shortages and how the issue can be improved.…

Published: 20 November 2024

Opinion

Nominate an outstanding early-career pharmacy researcher for OPERA 2025

Nominations for OPERA 2025 are open until 31 January 2025.…

Published: 14 November 2024

Opinions

Top ten articles of 2024 from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s research journals

PJ view: There are still reasons to be optimistic about pharmacy in 2025, despite a challenging 2024

Working across boundaries to enable research in pharmacy

Learning and CPD: 2024 in review

Top ten opinion articles of 2024

How a GP referral scheme improved hypertension detection in community pharmacy

Patient communication will be essential for successful collective action

PJ view: Reshoring medicine manufacturing must be considered as an option for managing shortages

Bruce Warner: ‘Medicines shortages will never go away, but the situation can be improved’

Nominate an outstanding early-career pharmacy researcher for OPERA 2025

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