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A study of GP records in England shows about 23,270 people have a formally logged diagnosis of "long Covid" - far fewer than recent surveys suggest.

The UK Pharmacy Professional Leadership Advisory Board (UKPPLAB) held its second meeting in July. Sir Hugh Taylor’s (the Independent Chair of the Board) post meeting statement provided an insight into ...

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) unveiled their action plan for sustainable pharmacy regulation which includes their goal of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2040. The regulator is under ...

5 minutes with... Dawn Davin

Without putting in the effort to improve and/or maintain employee satisfaction and motivation, your business suffers for a couple of reasons: you face higher turnover and your team doesn't treat clien ...

Rosalind Byrne is lead pharmacist for Anticoagulation at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London.'

After what has been one of the hardest years for pharmacy professionals, with constant exhaustion from working long hours and the anxiety from the uncertainty, it is more important to ensure the healt ...

    Kaniksha Aggarwal has worked in the prison sector since 2020 and is acutely aware of the misconceptions and the stigma surrounding a career as a prison pharmacist. It is her desire to dispel these ...

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The COVID 19 virus has put extra pressure on the sector. As front-line members of the healthcare system you spend much of your lives serving others.

A group of Day Lewis pharmacists scooped the C+D COVID Hero Team Award 2020 for running a mile every day in November, collecting for a food bank as they did. Where are they now?

Parkinson's is a complex neurological condition with over 35 motor and non-motor symptoms affecting at least 145000 people in the UK. Pharmacy professionals play a key role in supporting patients and ...

The most stressful thing about being in general practice is managing GP expectations, patient expectations, and of course, those of your fellow MDT team members. At Soar Beyond, we have extensive expe ...

The UK faces a significant shortage of Designated Prescribing Practitioners (DPPs), crucial for training clinical pharmacists and other non-medical prescribers (NMPs). This shortage hinders the develo ...

Aamer is an experienced hospital pharmacist who has experienced mental health challenges in the last couple of years. Aamer has been an Associate Head of Pharmacy for HEE Pharmacy London. Aamer is a r ...

1. Please could you start by telling us a bit about your career and journey so far? I started in Pharmacy at 16 years old as a counter assistant in a community pharmacy whilst at college studying Chil ...

Please could you start by telling us a bit about your career and journey so far? I began my career in community pharmacy, Primary Care Trust (PCT) medicines management and pharmacist prescriber in gen ...

Please could you start by telling us a bit about your career and journey so far? I qualified as a pharmacist in 2008 and worked in the hospital pharmacy sector as a rotational pharmacist whilst I comp ...

1. Please could you start by telling us a bit about your career and journey so far? As a keen junior pharmacist, I used to locum in community pharmacies most weekends, and worked as a clinical rotatio ...

1. Please could you start by telling us a bit about your career and journey so far? I have been practicing as a pharmacist for almost 25 years. My career has been split almost equally between general/ ...

From the frontline: together, anything is possible

We are excited to introduce you to Janaki Chitsabesan. Janaki is a rising star in Pharmacy. She is a Co-Founder of Pharmacy Technicians of Colour, is involved in the NHSE BAME Staff Network and has a ...

Please could you start by telling us a bit about your career and journey so far? Currently I work at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) as one of the Associate Directors of Pharmacy ...