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Lo’s Pharmacy frees up 4 hrs daily for pharmacists with hub and spoke model
The hub and spoke model of dispensing is a crucial resource to help pharmacies cope with an ever-increasing workload
Just over a year ago, Lo’s Pharmacy Group went live...
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Medicine shortages: UK charities and pharmacists call for supply chain review
‘Unless there is openness and transparency between the government and manufacturers, resolving medicine shortages will remain impossible’
Health charities...
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Collaboration Failures: Shift Focus To Behaviours Over Results
Trevor Gore says collaboration in healthcare, particularly in community pharmacy, is not an option, but a necessity.
I have...
FEATURE: Looking after the patient’s gut
A well-prepared and focused community pharmacy team will always provide the best possible experience and course of treatment for its patients, writes Emma Boyle...
When...
OPINION: Beware the Amazon threat
Paul Adams warns pharmacies need to act now to ensure they don’t become the
next sector to be made redundant by more convenient solutions…
How companies...
LAW: Balancing act of medicine supply
Do community pharmacies have to provide medicines in compliance aids, and can they charge for the service? Noel Wardle shares his take…
The Equality Act (which...
Helping smokers quit
Ade Williams’ pharmacy in Bristol works with local e-cigarette outlets to educate and set up a referral pathway to support patients who want to...
PB AWARD WINNER: The pharmacist entrepreneur
Amish Patel talks about how automated dispensing increased efficiency in his pharmacy and how he will be developing himself as a Zoom age trainer...
NPA at 100: Reflecting on a century of changes in community pharmacy
As the NPA marks its centenary, chairman Andrew Lane reflects on a difficult year for community pharmacy amid hopes for a potentially brighter future…
By...
FINANCE: Off-payroll rules made easy
Umesh Modi and Vinku Shah explain how independent contractors could be affected by the latest changes to the off-payroll working rules…
In April 2017, IR35...
LAW: Managing employee performance
Amelia Goodwin and Georgina O’Sullivan discuss why contractors should prioritise performance management of employees as a regular feature of their business strategy…
Managing the performance...
How to build a profitable medical aesthetics business
As we come close to stepping out of a series of lockdowns and into a new age, getting Botox will be as regular as...
Future of digital healthcare
Gianpiero Celino outlines a vision for the future of digital healthcare building on the huge progress made by the NHS during the Coronavirus pandemic...
Collectively,...