Independent pharmacy

Judicial review of community pharmacy cuts ‘not relevant’, says PSNC chief

Community pharmacy’s chief negotiator has promised a more “collaborative” approach to talks with the government, adding that the ongoing appeal at the High Court would not affect his approach to negotiations.…

‘We need to move on and get the best deal for community pharmacy’

Simon Dukes, chief executive of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, on how he is going to negotiate a new deal for community pharmacy.…

John Nuttall: You might say ‘close stores’, but we like to play the long game

Chief executive of Well Pharmacy, the third largest pharmacy chain in the UK, discusses the independent multiple’s strong position despite cuts to community pharmacy funding and how the business is preparing for online competition.…

Reena Barai: comfy shoes, having no regrets and living la dolce vita

A minute in the company of the pharmacy owner and National Pharmacy Association board member.…

Online primary care services to be rated by CQC

Independent and community healthcare services, including online GPs that offer prescriptions, are to be rated, as well as inspected, by the Care Quality Commission.…

John D’Arcy to retire as Numark MD

John D’Arcy is retiring as managing director of the Numark pharmacy membership organisation at the end of next January, it has been announced.…

National Pharmacy Association to leave Pharmacy Voice after 2017

The National Pharmacy Association (NPA), an industry body that represents independent pharmacies, will not continue to be part of the umbrella trade body Pharmacy Voice “beyond 2017”.…

Potential pharmacy closure might benefit another pharmacist

Graham Phillips’s excellent and passionate letter about the future of his Southdown, Harpenden, Hertfordshire pharmacy ( The Pharmaceutical Journal 2016;297:294) illustrates the quandary proprietor pharmacists have. Before I retired, I had a small chain of pharmacies that wer…

Pharmacies selling e-cigarettes illegally

Pharmacies are making illegal sales of e-cigarettes and vaping liquids to people under the age of 18, according to a report published by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute.  The report is a review of tests carried out by trading standards services in England between January an…

UK pharmacist elected next president of Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union

A community pharmacist who owns a chain of high street pharmacies in the North West of England has been elected the next president of the Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union.…