RPS leaders: braced for a challenging year The three Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) board chairs in England, Scotland and Wales tell Stephen Robinson what 2015 holds for the pharmacy profession and how they plan to tackle the challenges to come.…
Stay away from retail pharmacy if you want a successful careerAnna Durbin ( The Pharmaceutical Journal 2014;293:599) asks: “how low are you prepared to go?” with regard to pay for community pharmacists. If you have a family to feed, then you will work for whatever salary is offered. Big chain pharmacies will now take advantage of the sa…
Careers: most popular articles from 2014Online readers of the Pharmaceutical Journal, Clinical Pharmacist and Tomorrow’s Pharmacist were drawn to practical advice about starting or advancing their career, according to statistics on careers articles published in 2014.…
Community pharmacists to police entitlement to free NHS prescriptionsCommunity pharmacists in England will in future be able to confirm whether a patient is entitled to free prescriptions by accessing a Department of Work and Pensions database.…
Walgreens’ shareholders approve merger with Alliance BootsShareholders of the US pharmacy chain Walgreens have voted in favour of the company’s merger with Alliance Boots after a special meeting on 29 December 2014.…
Missing the point of medicines use reviewsMonty Goldin said that medicines use reviews (MURs) cannot be conducted properly without full access to patient records ( The Pharmaceutical Journal 2014;293:599) He has misunderstood the point of MURs. It is an opportunity to discuss with a patient the purpose of their medicines a…
Pharmacy is in need of a makeover Gavin Birchall believes it is time we looked at ways to improve the visual identity of pharmacy.…
2014: The Pharmaceutical Journal’s news in review Looking back at some of the biggest news stories from the past year. …
Helping people look younger as an aesthetics practitioner Independent prescriber and pharmacist Tejal Sangani opened her own aesthetics clinic, SaRivaa, in 2011. Here, she explains how her pharmacy background comes in handy.…
Leaders undeterred by missing commissioning plan for pharmacy Pharmacy bodies remain hopeful that pharmacy will play a meaningful role in new models of NHS care, despite the lack of a formal response to the Call to Action consultation.…