OPINION
Out of Africa? Or into Africa?
Former chief executive and registrar of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society(RPS) of Great Britain Jeremy Holmes emphasises the need to encourage more foreign direct investment (FDI) in pharmaceutical manufacturing, distribution...
OPINION
Engaging people with diabetes through community pharmacy-led care
Pharmacists play an integral role in empowering the self-management needs of people with diabetes beyond the traditional role...
OPINION
Children’s dental health in crisis: considering the role of prevention and pharmacy
In the face of an ever-growing crisis in children’s dental health crisis, Bas Vorsteveld considers how pharmacists’ preventative...
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Personal liability for company directors over late filing of accounts
LAW:
All companies must send their accounts to Companies House each year. Recent evidence suggests that UK companies are increasingly struggling to file their accounts...
EXCLUSIVE: Preserving community pharmacy within the digital health revolution
By Issa Dasu-Patel
Growing up with a family that worked in pharmacy, our dinner time conversation was not like that of other families. Ours would centre...
Technology and big data to drive innovation in the pharmaceutical industry in 2023
As we take look back over the past year and reflect on what we have achieved, it’s also important that we look ahead to...
OPINION: ‘Community pharmacies in Northern Ireland are facing a perfect storm of under-funding’
By Jeremy Meader
As the largest pharmacy wholesaler in Northern Ireland, we understandably take a keen interest in the financial stability of the customers we...
Diwali message from NPA chair Andrew Lane
By Andrew Lane
The message of Diwali - a festival of new beginnings and the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness –...
Phoenix MD urges government to act now to reverse decline of community pharmacy in England
A winter NHS crisis is inevitable unless the government acts now to reverse the worrying decline in community pharmacies. Years of government underfunding could...
‘Our vision for the future of pharmacy professional leadership’
By Paul Bennett
Today I’m proud to share with you the statement we submitted to the UK Commission on Pharmacy Professional Leadership in which we...
‘Community pharmacy finances need an open-heart surgery not a couple of paracetamol tablets’
By Jeremy Meader
The English health secretary has fumbled the opportunity to prevent a crisis in the NHS this winter. She either does not understand...
Raj Aggarwal: My recollections of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
By Raj Aggarwal
It was my great privilege be appointed by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to serve as her representative in South Glamorgan...
VIEWPOINT: Meeting the needs of a digital population
The future of community pharmacies is in danger. With some 639 local pharmacies closing in England since 2016, action is clearly needed to ensure...