Pharmacy Voice

An open letter to Keith Ridge, chief pharmaceutical officer for England

On 17 December 2015, you wrote a letter to Sue Sharpe, chief executive of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC), stating your position on community pharmacy in 2016/2017 and beyond. Most community pharmacists cannot recognise your ambition to put “community pharmacy at the h…

2017: Pharmacy’s roller-coaster year

It has been an unsettling 12 months for pharmacy and as 2017 draws to a close there are still a number of unresolved issues hanging over the New Year.…

Pharmacy ‘overlooked’ in STP plan development

Community pharmacies are being overlooked in the development of sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) despite trying hard to get a seat at the table, a survey has shown.…

PDA appoints ex Pharmacy Voice chair to ‘champion profession’ in Westminster

The Pharmacists’ Defence Association has appointed ex Pharmacy Voice chair Claire Ward to build stronger ties in Westminster and ensure that a more ‘realistic and positive’ vision of pharmacy is presented to policy makers.…

Conflict did not lead to demise of Pharmacy Voice, says former chief executive Rob Darracott

Rob Darracott, chief executive of the now disbanded Pharmacy Voice, has denied assertions that conflict between the multiples and independent pharmacies led to its closure.…

Pharmacy organisations in the UK: a complicated web

Pharmacy is a diverse profession and this is reflected in the wide variety of organisations that can represent the interests of pharmacists, pharmacy owners, trainees and students.…

Pharmacy organisations in the UK: a complicated web

Pharmacy is a diverse profession and this is reflected in the wide variety of organisations that can represent the interests of pharmacists, pharmacy owners, trainees and students.…

Pharmacy Voice to close in April 2017

The advocacy body will be disbanded after one of its founding member organisations announced in December 2016 that it was leaving the group at the end of 2017.…

Pharmacy Voice wants commissioners to see how community pharmacy tackles hypertension

Community pharmacies in England can enhance the ‘huge volume of work’ they do in the management of hypertension, according to a report by the community pharmacy representative body Pharmacy Voice.…

Government unclear about who speaks for pharmacy, Alistair Burt tells conference

The government needs to know who is speaking on behalf of the pharmacy sector, former health minister Alistair Burt told delegates at the Sigma conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in light of his experience of dealing with negotiations over the pharmacy cuts in 2016.…