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Opinion

Three core values of community pharmacy are fundamental to a healthy future

How the community pharmacy network offers a unique combination of values to patients and the public that must be capitalised on.…

Published: 7 February 2024

Feature

‘Left high and dry’: the patients pushing back against pharmacy closures

Residents in the south west of England fear that pharmacy closures in their area will force patients to travel further for less personalised care. They speak to The Pharmaceutical Journal about why they are campaigning to keep their local pharmacies open.…

Published: 5 January 2024

Opinion

Pharmacy has a role in innovation adoption in healthcare systems

Collaboration between integrated care systems and pharmacy teams is essential to developing innovative patient services that reduce health inequalities.…

Published: 6 December 2023

Opinion

Pharmacists can do more to bridge the safety gaps for people with learning disabilities

People with learning disabilities are more likely to be taking multiple medicines, but labels are not designed with them in mind — it is time to pay more attention to this patient group’s needs.…

Published: 19 October 2023

Opinion

Bringing blood pressure checks to the Pakistani community in Derby

Working with local volunteer groups led Khurum Hussain and colleagues to establish an outreach programme that moved the community pharmacy hypertension case-finding service out of the pharmacy and onto the doorsteps of patients who need it most.…

Published: 1 September 2023

Opinion

Community pharmacy has much to contribute to the goals of the ‘NHS long-term plan’

Hemant Patel sets out the ‘7 Ds’ of the ‘NHS long-term plan’ and how community pharmacy can offer more towards its aims.…

Published: 23 August 2023

Opinion

PJ view: Inequity of access to medicines for compassionate use must end

More than half of acute trusts lack a centralised database of medicines provided through compassionate use schemes, leaving a dearth of information that should be shared to help create fairer access to life-saving treatments.…

Published: 18 August 2023

Feature

Uncompassionate use: the inconsistent offering of life-saving unlicensed medicines

Compassionate use schemes offered by pharmaceutical companies are struggling to live up to their name, as data from a third of acute trusts reveal an inequitable provision of medicines through schemes across England.…

Published: 17 August 2023

Opinion

Clinical placements can give pharmacy students a real-life lesson in health inequalities

Teaching staff at the University of Nottingham School of Pharmacy say their practical placement pilot for second-year MPharm students should be adopted more widely to promote a reduction in health inequalities.…

Published: 16 August 2023

Opinion

Pharmacy is failing patients with language barriers — we must do better

A vast improvement in language barrier services is needed to help the NHS evolve and meet the needs of the country's diverse population.…

Published: 17 July 2023