Business and management

The phantom pharmacy sector

This month, The Pharmaceutical Journal’s health policy columnist considers the impact of recent changes to the pharmacy market.…

Almost three quarters of distance-selling pharmacies are breaching NHS contracts, Company Chemists’ Association claims

The CCA says that distance-selling pharmacies that dispense too heavily to patients in their local area are putting local bricks and mortar pharmacies at risk.…

Using project management principles to improve research projects

Project management principles can be applied to any pharmaceutical project, including clinical trials.…

Negotiator urges government to allow pharmacies to cut opening hours by a third to manage cost pressures

A statement from the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee sets out a range of regulatory easements to help pharmacies deal with financial and logistical pressures.…

Pharmacies in England’s most deprived areas provide 50% more NHS services to their local populations

Exclusive: "Worrying" new figures show funding cuts are putting much-needed pharmacy services at risk in England's most deprived areas.…

Pharmacies to receive ‘fairer access’ to medicine margin under reimbursement reforms, say negotiators 

The new discount deduction scale will use separate discount rates for branded drugs, generics and appliances.…

Call for ‘urgent talks’ over soaring energy costs for pharmacies

Exclusive: Industry leaders say the government needs to support and protect pharmacies through spiralling fuel costs and workforce shortages.…

Government holds talks with NHS landlords over pharmacy rents

Maria Caulfield, former pharmacy minister, said the Department of Health and Social Care was working with NHS Property Services to ensure that the valuation approach used in rent reviews is "fair and transparent".…

Some pharmacy NHS rents increase by more than 200%

A change in how rent is calculated for NHS pharmacy premises, from a charge per square metre to a charge based on the number of patients registered at the associated GP practice, has led to soaring rent prices.…

From locum to pharmacy owner before turning 30

Nishaansanjay Amin shares his experience of setting up a successful new pharmacy business.…