FRONTLINE SCOTLAND: How ‘Cadham Campfire’ shapes the day for this pharmacy in Fife
By Bernadette Brown
Health and well-being of the team is the most important aspect of surviving during these very challenging times as this pandemic has...
SPECIAL REPORT: Pharma firms ensure continuity of medicines supply to pharmacy during pandemic
The world is heavily reliant on China for personal protective equipment, India for generic drugs and a host of other countries for critical parts...
Poetry in the time of coronavirus; pharmacy contractor pens down his thoughts in verses
We are in a lockdown
So we are in a lockdown
The phone doesn't stop ringing
300 calls plus per day, all wanting
home deliveries, patient requests,
how do...
How smartphone apps can help ‘contact trace’ the new coronavirus
A global race is on to develop smartphone apps and other types of mobile phone surveillance systems to track and contain the spread of...
A mild case of COVID-19 is not like a mild cold, it’s much more severe, says pharmacist who has just had her coronavirus recovery
The last few weeks have indeed been an excruciating experience for my family and I. Thankfully, we have all nearly passed through this agony...
Big ‘thank you’ from pharmacy’s ‘youngest fan’
At 19 months, Suri Tulsi Mehta is probably the youngest fan of community pharmacy. She lives in London with her parents, and like most...
‘COVID-19 will have deep impact on pharmacy’
BY JEREMY MEADER
Several years of funding cuts have forced the community pharmacy sector to reduce staffing levels, this situation has been compounded by the...
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Gender parity on PDA agenda this International Women’s Day
By Hala Jawad
Some organisations consider equality is not just a women's issue, it's a business issue. Of course, companies have the power to influence...
VIEWPOINT: Monitored dosage systems can add real value
By Wayne Gardiner
Monitored dosage systems (MDS), or multicompartment compliance aids as they are also known, have moved on considerably in recent years. Traditionally in pack...
REALITY CHECK: Side-lining community pharmacy – it’s a policy future governments will live to regret
By Graham Phillips
In the 1960s, roughly 5,000 miles of railway tracks were closed and more than 2,000 stations were axed to cut the mounting debts...
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