Blog: why community pharmacy is a great profession for women in science
Shannon Kennedy is a community pharmacist in Northumberland, and was voted Well’s Pre-Reg of the Year in 2019. Several of...
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Community pharmacy and sexual and reproductive health
This week marks Sexual Health Week. As a new member of CCA staff who joined from the sexual health charity...
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Blog: do you know your numbers?
There are lots of numbers that we remember and use every day: for example, important phone numbers, our credit card...
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Blog: early-days engagement journey with Primary Care Networks (PCNs)
Primary Care Networks, or PCNs, are the current big deal within Primary Care. They’re all about localism and grouping the...
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Blog: business rates should reflect vital role that community pharmacies play
With the well documented challenges facing general practice, community pharmacy clearly has an ever greater role to play in the...
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Blog: Why contraception in England needs national commissioning approach
The walk of shame or the stride of pride? Often the conversation about access to emergency contraception is positioned in...
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Blog: how community pharmacy can support people with mental illness
From left to right: Jasmeen Islam, Deputy Chief Pharmacist; Rebecca Hellier, Clinical Pharmacist/Teacher Practitioner; Gill Heron, Clozapine Clinic Team Member;...
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Blog: Making the case for advancing patient safety culture
From brain surgery, childbirth and hip replacements, to collecting a prescription from a community pharmacy, as patients we expect every...
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Blog: biggest game change for pharmacy?
I may not have known it at the time, but my university years definitely helped shape me into the studious-but-spirited...
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Blog: our plans for local pharmacy engagement
There’s still a lot of uncertainty for us, mainly because the community pharmacy contractual framework negotiations are still to begin, but it’s clear that community pharmacy has an important role to play in prevention and urgent care.
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Blog: DMIRS and the “Clapham omnibus”
What would the average person “on the Clapham omnibus” do if they were experiencing conjunctivitis? For those unfamiliar with this...
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Blog: Quality Payments – helping solve the LASA puzzle?
With the deadline of Friday 1 March fast approaching, there is just over a week left for pharmacy teams to...