Business planning

The phantom pharmacy sector

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

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.…

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.…

A day in the life of a pharmacy business intelligence manager

Jaidev Mehta details a typical day as a pharmacy business intelligence manager, analysing medicines utilisation data to reduce variation in the provider sector.…

NHS England appoints RPS director for England to ‘NHS Long Term Plan’ advisory board

NHS England has appointed Ravi Sharma, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society director for England, to the new NHS Assembly, which was set up to support the delivery of the ‘NHS Long Term Plan’.…

CMA warns drug companies against using discount schemes to maintain market dominance

The Competition and Markets Authority has warned drug companies against using anti-competitive discount schemes to protect dominant market position, after investigating discounts offered by the company that manufactures Remicade.…

Pharmacy market still showing resilience despite cuts

Following the High Court’s ruling on 18 May 2017 rejecting the case made against the government’s funding cuts to community pharmacy in England, many may be left wondering what the future holds for the community pharmacy market. I can say from our own transactional evidence that sa…

Setting up a pharmacy provider company to win tenders for new services

With public health bodies and clinical commissioning groups now seeking single organisations to manage local services, Steve Hemsley examines the benefits for community pharmacists and pharmacies when creating pharmacy provider companies to tender for new services, as well as the…

Business confidence among pharmacists hits rock bottom, Lloyds bank index reveals

Business confidence among community pharmacists in England has fallen to a record low, according to the results of the annual Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking Healthcare Confidence Index.…

Group of NHS acute trusts adopts e-procurement system

Ten leading acute trusts in England have adopted an electronic procurement system, which it is claimed has the potential to save the NHS millions of pounds.…