Pharmacy Magazine Podcast: Talking Pharmacy: Recent Episodes
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Join us for our weekly dive through the winners and losers in the world of pharmacy, featuring interviews with key players and pharmacists on the frontline
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, May 26 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, May 1 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine In Conversation With podcast – Steve Roest, PocDoc by Communications International Group
In conversation with Amena Warner, head of clinical services at Allergy UK, about all things hay fever and how the pharmacy team can get involved with Allergy Awareness Week.
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, April 3 by Communications International Group
In conversation with Dr Ben Atkins, dentist and spokesperson from the Oral Health Foundation, about all things relating to oral health.
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, March 14 by Communications International Group
Calling all Pharmacy teams! It's time to get your entries and nominations in for the Recognition of Excellence Awards 2025. Hear from last year's winners as well as information on how to complete your nomination forms.
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, February 24 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine In Conversation With podcast – James Roach, Hants & IOW ICB by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, January 24 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine In Conversation With podcast – Jonathan Burton, RPS Scotland by Communications International Group
We hear from Kerry McCloud, head of information content at mental health charity Mind, about seasonal affective disorder – known as SAD.
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, Nov 14 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, October 18 by Communications International Group
All things stress related with Alexa Knight, director of England at the Mental health foundation, and Neil Shah chief insights officer at International Wellbeing Insights and founder of The Stress Management Society.
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, August 19 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, July 24 by Communications International Group
From common gut conditions to self care tips and a special guest on dancing into good gut health. Trigger warning: please note this podcast mentions suicide.
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy Election Special by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine In Conversation With podcast – Nicola Stockmann, APTUK by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine In Conversation With podcast – Malcolm Harrison, CCA by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, May 20 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, May 20 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, April 26 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine In Conversation With Podcast – Shilpa Shah, CPNEL by Communications International Group
From contraception to STIs, this month we are talking OTC sexual health. This podcast is sponsored by Viagra, speakers opinions are their own.
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, March 27 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine In Conversation With podcast – February 16 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, February 2 by Communications International Group
The Category Insight Podcast is back for 2024! We are kicking things off with a short but sweet introduction to our pharmacy staff focused Recognition of Excellence Awards, find out how you can get involved and win!
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, January 19 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine In Conversation With podcast – January 17, 2024 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy Xmas Special 2023 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, November 24 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy Special by Communications International Group
Talking Pharmacy Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, October 30 by Communications International Group
We're back! This month covering all things asthma... with advice from Asthma + Lung UK.Resources:https://www.asthmaandlung.org.ukhttps://www.tmmagazine.co.uk/news/1206953-grundon-launches-uk-wide-inhaler-recycling-scheme
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, October 13 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, September 22 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, Sept 15 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy,August 4 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, July 21 NEW EPISODE featuring some intriguing CPCS figures, two patient safety stories that have made the headlines and the lessons to be learned from a PhD thesis, which can be read, in full here: https://purehost.bath.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/229558359/PhD_Thesis_To_resubmit.pdf
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, July 7 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine In Conversation With podcast – Friday June 23 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, June 15 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, May 26 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, May 18 by Communications International Group
This month our Category Insight podcast on child pain is proudly sponsored by Calpol. Speakers opinions are their own.Starts to reduce fever in 15 mins Calpol All Products Product Information: mcneilpi.co.uk/sites/mcneilpi.co.uk/files/products/pdfs/Calpol%2C%20Calcough%20and%20Calgel%20All%20Products%20Product%20Information.pdfDate on File Oct 2012
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy Special, May 5 by Communications International Group
From OTC advice to a look at holistic 'foods' this month we are covering nutrition and weight to help you feel confident when speaking to pharmacy customers about their diets and lifestyles.
Pharmacy Magazine In Conversation With podcast – April 27, 2023 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy Extra, April 21 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy, April 14 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy Easter Special – April 6 by Communications International Group
Wakey wakey! We are back with a great discussion on insomnia and sleep hygiene with Lisa Artis from The Sleep Charity. We then hear from Professor Penelope Lewis on the link between sleep and memory and whether we can manipulate our sleep to our advantage.
Pharmacy Magazine In Conversation With podcast – March 31, 2023 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine podcast – Talking Pharmacy 23/3/23 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine podcast – Talking Pharmacy LIVE! by Communications International Group
This month we're looking at earwax, hearing loss and improving accessibility for deaf customers.
Pharmacy Magazine "In Conversation With..." podcast – February 12 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Talking Pharmacy Extra podcast – February 16 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Talking Pharmacy podcast – February 4, 2023 by Communications International Group
Happy New Year from the Category Insight podcast! This month we are kicking off with what's hot in pharmacy health news before we get back to conditions in February.
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Mental health & resilience support in pharmacy by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Talking Pharmacy podcast – January 20, 2023 by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Vaginal symptoms of the menopause: the last taboo by Communications International Group
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast – Talking Pharmacy Review of 2022 by Communications International Group
This month we are shaking things up to give you a run down of the Recognition of Excellence Awards 2023 so you can hit the ground running with your entries and nominations in the New Year.
Talking Pharmacy Podcast – Talking Pharmacy Christmas Special 21/12/22 by Communications International Group
As we head into winter, nasal health is certainly nothing to sniff at. Discover the benefits in nasal cleansing with Rajiv Bhalla, president of the British Rhinological Society, and how to advise over the counter with two pharmacy team members from Bedminster Pharmacy in Bristol. This month Category Insight is brought to your by our sponsors, Becocleanse.
Pharmacy Magazine editor Richard Thomas talks to PSNC boss Janet Morrison about the negotiator's work to develop a new vision and strategy for community pharmacy in England and asks – is there a real appetite for change in the sector?
With Self Care Week underway, Pharmacy Magazine editor Richard Thomas talks to PAGB's Michelle Riddalls about the trade body's latest consumer survey exploring attitudes to self-care. Why is the public losing confidence and knowledge when it comes to self-treating the most common conditions?
The CIG editors discuss Community Pharmacy Cheshire & Wirral's press campaign drawing attention to pharmacy's funding crisis, PSNC seeks views for its new vision for the sector, the departure of a leading figure and first-time buyers snapping up pharmacies for sale.
In a packed pod, the editors debate the new legislative order giving pharmacy regulators the power to define the role of responsible pharmacists, the hoary old chestnut of prices on medicines labels, pharmacists eliminating HCV in Scotland and leading GP slams pharmacist prescribing. It's lively!
Pharmacy Magazine Podcast - Category Insight: Men's Health by Communications International Group
The editors are back with more opinion and analysis on the week's events in pharmacy including the NPA Conference and Pharmacy Show.
Good Week Bad Week is back featuring a landgrab by the RPS for pharmacy technician representation, LPC levy calculation confusion, the demise of the volume-driven contract – and a Coffey break disaster. Plus we look forward to this weekend's Pharmacy Show and the last ACTNow campaign catch-up. See you at the NEC!
This week's Talking Pharmacy podcast celebrates the very best of independent pharmacy with an exclusive – we reveal the names of this year's Independent Pharmacy Awards winners! Congratulations to all the finalists for providing such outstanding care for their local communities. We salute you! Also – the latest ACTNow Wellbeing Campaign update.
Jump straight in to supporting skin! This month we welcome Christine Clark, pharmaceutical consultant, to break down the causes, triggers and OTC treatments for eczema and psoriasis. Then Millie chats to Ryan Sooklal-Grizzle about what it's like living with psoriasis.
We're back with a packed edition. The CIG editors (including @PharMagArthur in a LPC echo chamber, and we don't mean Twitter) begin to unpack the year 4 & 5 contractual framework agreement in England, which has caused a huge reaction in the sector – not much of it positive. Also Danielle Hunt from Pharmacist Support on this year's ACTNow wellbeing campaign. Get involved at https://pharmacistsupport.org/news/actnow2021
In this special edition of the Talking Pharmacy podcast, listen again to some of the best interviews of the year so far. Daniel Lee from HubRx, Vanessa Joseph from mental health charity Mind and legal expert David Reissner all feature.
We’re back! And we’re talking about going back to school and the mental health of young people. Vanessa Joseph, youth voice network manager at mental health charity Mind, shares her wisdom on how pharmacy teams can help young people whilst Anne Cole, tutor for CPPE in the south west, tells us where you can find training and support. Finally, Millie will let you know how the TM team are trying to make a difference to young people this year. Links: https://www.mind.org.uk https://www.youngminds.org.uk https://www.bupafoundation.org https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education https://www.cppe.ac.uk/programmes/l/consultcyp-e-01/ https://www.cppe.ac.uk/gateway/mhc https://www.cppe.ac.uk/gateway/mentheal http://www.thelearningpharmacy.com/content/programme.asp?topic=30 http://www.thelearningpharmacy.com/content/programme.asp?topic=39 http://www.thelearningpharmacy.com/ https://www.cppe.ac.uk/programmes/l/mental-e-01/ https://pharmacistsupport.org https://www.aptuk.org https://www.cppe.ac.uk/support/need-support#navTop TM JustGiving Link: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Monica-West2
The CIG editors are back with a summer holiday special to discuss their highlights and lowlights of the pharmacy year so far – plus some recommended listening for the beach. So slap on the factor 50, order your favourite cocktail, kick back and reflect with us on what's been a hectic 2022. And it's not over yet!
The CIG editors are back with Good Week Bad Week plus the remarkable story of the Medicines to Ukraine initiative. If you want to get involved, details at www.medicinestoukraine.com. Please give your support.
In this legal special, Pharmacy Magazine editor Richard Thomas talks to lawyer David Reissner, chair of the Pharmacy Law & Ethics Association, about the legislative changes concerning the role of superintendent and responsible pharmacists. What are the implications for pharmacy owners and the regulator?
In this episode of Category Insight we dive into diabetes with Karen Davies from Diabetes UK. Then we hear from Dr Khatib and Dr Ajjan on their new innovative Cardiometabolic Clinic service. Finally, Millie explores what it’s like to be diagnosed with diabetes from a young age with Max Rossiter.
The CIG editors discuss salary increases for pharmacists at Boots, the demise of monitored dosage systems, exorbitant rent increases for health centre pharmacies, GP numbers and the implications of the RSG vote. What happens now?
Good Week Bad Week is back – sector misses a trick at NHS ConfedExpo in Liverpool, cancer referrals from pharmacy, misinformation muddies the RSG vote and the chief pharmacists' misstep over the makeup of the professional leadership commission. Plus the countdown is on for next week's Recognition of Excellence Awards!
As contractors vote on the biggest changes to community pharmacy representation in years, P3pharmacy editor Rob Darracott unpicks the proposals put forward by the Review Steering Group with the help of guests including PSNC's James Wood, the RSG's Aneet Kapoor and NPA chief Mark Lyonette.
Join us as we slip, slap, slop our way through sun safety. This month, with Rachell Orritt, health information manager at Cancer Research UK, and Dr Anja Weidmann from the British Association of Dermatologists. Then hear Millie chat to the team at Bedminster Pharmacy to find out how they’re tackling sun safety.
Show notes
CRUK Sun and UV webpages: cruk.org/sun
Sun safety leaflets and Spotting Skin Cancer Early leaflets
Talk cancer: cruk.org/talkcancer
British Association of Dermatologists: https://www.bad.org.uk/education-training/allied-healthcare-professionals/
National Eczema Society: https://eczema.org/information-and-advice/triggers-for-eczema/sun-and-eczema/
Macmillan: https://www.macmillan.org.uk
https://www.rpharms.com/events/cpcs-events#dermatology
The CIG editors return with their take on some of the big pharmacy stories of the last few weeks. England's new chief pharmacist impresses at the Clinical Pharmacy Congress, the complexities of online pharmacy regulation, and pharmacogenomics and medicines delivered by drone. The future is here!
Pharmacy Magazine editor Richard Thomas talks to Daniel Lee, founder of HubRx, about his bold ambition to transform community pharmacy by creating the UK’s first centralised automated dispensing facility for independents in a unique bid to create capacity and level the hub & spoke playing field.
This month we focus on how pharmacy teams can provide support over the counter for hayfever and anaphylaxis. We are joined by Amena Warner, head of clinical at Allergy UK, Sarah Baker, campaign manager at Anaphylaxis Campaign and Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and healthcare advisory lawyer. Our extra special guest this month is Tanya Ednan-Laperouse, founder of the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation.
Links
https://www.allergyuk.org/blog/events/masterclass-anaphylaxis-and-aais-for-pharmacists/
https://www.allergyuk.org
https://www.anaphylaxis.org.uk
https://www.narf.org.uk
https://www.food.gov.uk/safety-hygiene/advice-for-teenagers-and-young-adults-with-a-food-allergy
https://www.anaphylaxis.org.uk/campaigning/easy-to-ask-campaign/
https://www.bsaci.org
The CIG editors return to discuss the week's top pharmacy stories in Good Week Bad Week including Well Pharmacy telling staff that isolating after a positive Covid test is now a personal choice, HRT shortages in the news and hub & spoke under scrutiny once more. In the interview hot seat: Daniel Lee of HubRx
Part 2 of our Easter special, where we review the top pharmacy stories of the year so far. The RPS in meltdown, pharmacist shortages (or not), Boots UK up for sale and the progressive new contract in Wales all feature.
In part 1 of a Talking Pharmacy podcast special, the CIG editors count down their top 5 pharmacy stories of the year so far, covering everything from the disgraceful disruption caused by Covid anti-vaxxers to the ongoing Society shenanigans. But do you agree? Let us know. Part 2 out after Easter. Have a restful bank holiday weekend!
The CIG editors are back with Good Week Bad Week and on the lookout for outstanding pharmacy support staff for the Training Matters Recognition of Excellence Awards. Also under discussion: the latest financial results for LloydsPharmacy, why so many pharmacies struggled to get into the Covid booster programme, and the NPA and AIM on local integration and the under-performing CPCS. For details on how to enter the RoE Awards, https://www.tmmagazine.co.uk/recognition-of-excellence-awards
In this Pharmacy Magazine learning podcast, we talk to Professor Nina Barnett about how to improve outcomes when consulting with patients prescribed a medicine for the first time. It accompanies the CPD module in the March edition of PM.
https://www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk/cpd-modules/consultations-about-first-prescriptions
This month we discuss women’s health and women in pharmacy with Terri Harris MSRH Education Manager at the charity Bloody Good Period, Diane Danzebrink, founder of Menopause Support and Komal George, co-founder of the Female Pharmacy Leaders Network.
https://www.bloodygoodperiod.com https://trickyperiod.com https://www.beautybanks.org.uk https://helloclue.com https://www.menstrual-matters.com https://www.londoninyourlanguage.co.uk https://www.menopausematters.co.uk https://www.bloodygoodperiod.com/bloodygoodemployers https://www.daisynetwork.org https://menopausesupport.co.uk
A surfeit of Good News this week: inspirational pharmacists recognised in Scotland, progress in Northern Ireland and we hail the important work of Pharmacist Support in the run-up to April's Stress Awareness Month and this year's ACTNow campaign. For details click here - https://pharmacistsupport.org/support-our-work/our-wellbeing-campaigns. Also final call for entries in this year's Recognition of Excellence Awards for pharmacy support staff. To enter, click here -https://www.tmmagazine.co.uk/roe-enter-now
The CIG editors discuss the long awaited hub and spoke consultation round 2, the Fuller Stocktake and the extraordinary decision of the RPS to pull its membership of FIP. Plus – the grass not always greener for PCN pharmacists, says the King's Fund, and a well deserved Good Week for AAH, partnering with the Red Cross to help people caught up in the Ukraine conflict.
Controversy over cut-price tender for pharmacy travel vaccination service in Glasgow, CCA versus PDA II (working conditions: the sequel) and the responsible pharmacist advance declaration gets people hot under the collar again – but why now? Also we reflect on all the reaction to last week's big RPS story.
In a bumper edition of the pod, RPS under pressure over senior executive “redundancies”, Boots pauses plans to cut staff hours, the CCA and PDA fall out over pharmacy safety and NPA urges pharmacists to contribute to NHS primary care review. Plus we visit pharmacist Graham Phillips in his new pharmacy in Letchworth.
This month we are joined by Regina Giblin, Senior Cardiac Nurse at the British Heart Foundation, and Dafydd Beech, National Community Education Manager at the British Red Cross, to discuss how pharmacy can protect the heart health of their communities as well as first aid in the pharmacy. We are also joined by extra special guest, Ed Wilson, who has a truly incredible tale of the heart to share.
Links - British Heart Foundation https://www.bhf.org.uk Heart UK https://www.heartuk.org.uk British Red Cross community education offer: https://www.redcross.org.uk/get-involved/teaching-resources/community-education-workshops British Red Cross apps: https://www.redcross.org.uk/first-aid/first-aid-apps British Red Cross certificated training: https://www.redcrossfirstaidtraining.co.uk/
In this special edition of the podcast we travel to the West Country to find out more about Alliance Healthcare’s efforts to reduce its carbon emissions to zero by 2030. We also talk to renowned independent pharmacist Jackie Lewis about how pharmacy can play a bigger role in the early detection of cancer. For more details about the Let’s Communicate Cancer e-learning programme, go to bopa.org.uk and click on the Courses tab.
The Public Accounts Committee slams DHSC over the now defunct Pharmacy Earlier Payments Scheme – but is it fair for civil servants to entirely take the rap? Plus Sheffield institution Wicker Pharmacy celebrates its 70th birthday, Boots finally does the right thing in reducing the price of EHC sold over-the-counter in its pharmacies and the GPhC still falling short over its fitness to practise procedures
The CIG editors (sans The Prof) are back with Good Week Bad Week. The landmark HEE workforce survey, contractors' engagement (or should it be lack of engagement?) with the pharmacy representation review and the PDA applying the pressure as Boots cuts back on its opening hours all feature. Plus new Rowlands Pharmacy boss Nigel Swift in the interview hotseat.
In this episode of Pharmacy Magazine's In Conversation With podcast, Richard Thomas talks to new Rowlands Pharmacy boss Nigel Swift about the digital transformation of the business alongside its bricks-and-mortar services offer, how the company is dealing with the current workforce challenge and what the future looks like for the UK's 4th largest pharmacy multiple. It's all about exploiting opportunities, specialising, staying relevant to patients and, believe it or not, ear wax removal...
Welcome to our brand new podcast series, Category Insight, where we delve into the nitty gritty of over the counter care and explore the many ways pharmacists and pharmacy team members can support the UK’s health. This month to kick off the new year we are talking about veganism and nutrition.
Veganuary Campaign https://veganuary.com British Dietetic Association (BDA) https://www.bda.uk.com Infant & toddler forum https://infantandtoddlerforum.org Diabetes UK https://www.diabetes.org.uk Vegan society https://www.vegansociety.com British Nutrition Foundation https://www.nutrition.org.uk @bump2baby_nutrition
In this edition of Pharmacy Magazine’s In Conversation With podcast, we talk to PAGB chief executive Michelle Riddalls about the impact of Covid on the OTC market, the trade body’s bold national self care blueprint for England, the revival of POM to P reclassifications and why pharmacy should embrace the GSL category.
First Talking Pharmacy podcast of 2022 and it's a bumper edition: kudos for Liverpool's version of Pharmacy First, a prominent GP calls for CPCS to be scrapped and absences due to Covid hit the sector hard. Plus an interview with Michelle Riddalls from PAGB.
The Talking Pharmacy Christmas Special sees the CIG editors choose their story of 2021, hand out some special end-of-year awards and give their predictions for 2022. Let us know if you agree! Happy Christmas to all our listeners. The podcast will return in January.
The CIG editors discuss the ailing CPCS thanks to a freedom of information request as Sajid Javid again calls for a ‘pharmacy first’ minor ailments model for England. Has NHS England got the memo? Plus the NPA celebrates its centenary by royal appointment and pharmacists in Northern Ireland vote to end medicines adherence service for new patients.
Good Week Bad Week is back – Covid vaccine buses and pharmacy's continuing amazing work on the vaccination frontline hindered by mixed messaging from the Government, warnings about the workforce crisis and pharmacy closures, and the RPS pledges to end its financial investments in fossil fuel companies. But which is good and which is bad? You may be surprised!
In this episode of Pharmacy Magazine’s Category Insight series, Richard Thomas talks to Dr Alastair Dixon, GP and Health Economist, and Ade Williams, Superintendent Pharmacist at Bedminster pharmacy in Bristol, about the frequent presentations of musculoskeletal pain in community pharmacy. Our experts consider the latest clinical guidance in this area, why topical NSAIDs should be ahead of oral NSAIDs, and much more.
In this episode of Pharmacy Magazine's In Conversation With podcast, Richard Thomas talks to Numark managing director Jeremy Meader about pharmacy's worsening funding crisis, how his members are coping on the ground, why hub & spoke may not be the answer for independents and what plans the expanding group has for 2022. Strong opinions, the big issues covered, Jeremy doesn't hold back – it's a great listen.
The CIG editors are back with Good Week Bad Week – the big pharmacy chains in the US in the dock over opioid misdirection and misuse, the sale of LloydsPharmacy and AAH to Aurelius, and pharmacies in England blasting spectacularly through the 3 million mark for flu jabs all feature.
This special edition of the Talking Pharmacy podcast discusses mental health, stress and burnout in pharmacy with the profession’s charity Pharmacist Support. As this week sees the charity's successful ACTNow wellbeing initiative come to a close for another year, we take a look back at the campaign and highlight the vital support available from Pharmacist Support for those in the pharmacy family suffering hard times. See pharmacistsupport.org for more information.
The team reflect on last weekend's Pharmacy Show at the NEC in Birmingham, and in particular the main talking points in the keynote presentations of NHS England's director for primary care strategy and NHS contracts Ed Waller and the GPhC's outgoing chair Nigel Clarke. Arthur Walsh has been catching up with pharmacist, Labour MP and shadow minister for women and equalities Taiwo Owatemi, and we have the final ACTNow campaign challenge from Pharmacist Support.
This week's pod celebrates the nation's brilliant pharmacy support staff as we pay tribute to this year's Recognition of Excellence Awards finalists and winners with Training Matters editor Helena Beer. Plus PSNC's hunt for a new chief, Scotland's chief pharmacist Alison Strath's first press interview in post, thank-you payments from Well Pharmacy and Pharmacy First for England? All feature in Good Week Bad Week, plus our regular ACTNow campaign catch-up with Pharmacist Support.
Check out our latest module on supporting women in their contraceptive choices - https://www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk/sponsored-education/contraceptive-choices-lovima
In this week's episode the editors discuss doctor-pharmacist relations as the RPS meets the Royal College of General Practitioners, Big Pharma's response to the Covid pandemic and – strap yourself in – supervision is back on the agenda. Can the sector agree this time on a way forward? Plus hats off to this year's Independent Pharmacist Award winners and our weekly ACTNow catch-up with Pharmacist Support. See pharmacistsupport.org for all the details of this year's campaign.
How is the national fuel crisis hitting pharmacies? We unpack this fast moving (or not) story, while prescribing training and pharmacy team flu jabs get a shout out as the latest Good Week nominations. Plus we hear from sector charity Pharmacist Support, while Rhondda pharmacist Aled Roberts tells us how pharmacists in Wales are practising at the top of their licence.
In the news this week... over-prescribing, e-prescribing and (sadly) under-prescribing too. A major report from the Government in England to prevent unnecessary medicines prescribing, a national e-prescribing programme announced for Wales and the appalling state of cancer services post-Covid are all discussed. Is it time for pharmacy to play an enhanced role in cancer prevention? Plus this year's ACTNow campaign and we celebrate the very best of pharmacy's wonderful support teams. Packed pod!
Good Week Bad Week returns as the CIG editors discuss Covid payments, more bad press about pharmacy and EHC, the expansion of the NMS – why is depression still omitted? – and why GPs and pharmacists should be working together not competing against each other over flu and Covid jabs. Plus we build up to next week's Recognition of Excellence Awards, our annual celebration of the very best of the UK's wonderful pharmacy support teams.
In this episode of Pharmacy Magazine's In Conversation With podcast, Richard Thomas talks to the chief pharmacist at Boots, Marc Donovan, about pharmacy’s workforce crisis, the sector’s Covid response and why community pharmacy in England is lagging behind the Celtic nations. Other subjects covered include the profession’s fragmented state, growing problems with mental health and burnout among pharmacy teams, and how, without empathy, understanding and kindness at all levels, pharmacy can’t hope to progress. "We must all do better," he says.
The Talking Pharmacy podcast is back with news, views, argument and debate on the big pharmacy issues of the week. Pharmacist shortages (or not), hub & spoke, rocketing smoking rates in the young and an exciting new drug for cardiovascular disease all feature – but is it a Good Week or a Bad Week? Plus Marc Donovan from Boots talks about empathy in pharmacy.
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In this special edition of Pharmacy Magazine’s In Conversation With podcast we revisit the most notable interviews of the year so far with some of pharmacy's leading movers and shakers that really got pharmacists talking. Featuring Victoria Steele, Thorrun Govind, Janice Perkins, Raj Nutan, Harry McQuillan and Gareth Hughes.
This week's special end-of-term edition of the pod is a 'best of' compilation of some of the year's major pharmacy talking points so far. Poisonous political blogs, soft soaping Government ministers, pioneering pharmacy technicians, declining RPS membership numbers and the demise of Pharmacy Voice all feature. Next week: the most memorable In Conversation With interviews.
CMA issues another hefty fine for price gouging while patients suffer, the ailing health of middle-aged Brits, pharmacy-GP turf wars over flu jabs start depressingly early, pointless law suits and the pharmacy teams copping unacceptable abuse on the Covid vaccination frontline. Plus – Rob's cat makes an unscheduled appearance
The RPS speaks out on women's health, gearing up for a busy flu season, concerns about pharmacy's place in a reconstructed NHS, Dukes departs and why the sector struggles to speak with one voice. Lively, passionate, controversial – it's a packed edition!
In this edition of Pharmacy Magazine’s “In Conversation With” podcast series, editor Richard Thomas talks patient safety with the former superintendent pharmacist at Well Pharmacy, Janice Perkins. Janice is chair of the Community Pharmacy Patient Safety Group and last month the group held a virtual conference with the title, "What can pharmacists learn from the Red Arrows about safety?" Janice picks out some of the highlights and key take-home messages for pharmacy teams. The conference is available on demand at pharmacysafety.org
The CIG editors discuss potential problems for pharmacy teams as the rules change over face coverings, controversial plans in England to raise the age for free prescriptions, Seb James gets into trouble on breakfast TV and Wales pilots protected learning time models for pharmacy professionals. Plus Janice Perkins on patient safety and why Right Said Fred went Deeply Dippy over masks – not sexy at all…
Good Week Bad Week for…. Covid costs covered at last but deep concerns remain, long Covid, Meader tears into the Government, 10 years of pharmacy technician registration and an M1 rant
In Good Week, Bad Week there’s another appearance for our favourite (now former) Secretary of State and shout outs for both Community Pharmacy Scotland for their innovative work with a hypertension app and Community Pharmacy Northern Ireland’s report quantifying the value of pharmacy’s day to day work. Plus the GPhC in the high court, and a tired old sideswipe from a blog. All this in a fast and furious half hour. Hang on to your hats.
In this episode of the In Conversation With podcast Pharmacy Magazine editor Richard Thomas chats to Thorrun Govind, community pharmacist, trainee lawyer and recently re-elected for a second term to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s English Pharmacy Board. One of the profession's brightest leadership talents, Thorrun talks about inclusion & diversity in pharmacy, mental health, the perils of social media and where next for the RPS.
Good Week, Bad Week (or even Decent Week?) for.... PSNC for deciding to delay regional rep elections so RSG can do its work, recruitment and retention in the pharmacy workforce, the end of an era and the start of a new one for the successor to UniChem and, finally, the P category. We dish out the plaudits and the brickbats, but do you agree? Plus Thorrun Govind on inclusion and diversity.
The CIG editors are back with Good Week Bad Week: PSNC advice audit, Recognition of Excellence Awards, FOI on SSPs, the retirement of a leading pharmacy personality, possible associate membership of the RPS for pharmacy technicians and, yes, recent seismic events in Westminster all feature. Oh, and some terrible cheese puns, for which we can only apologise...
In this week's pint-sized pod, GPs up in arms over NHSE guidance on the need to prioritise face-to-face appointments as pharmacy teams look on frankly baffled, the NPA fires up the battle bus over Boris funding promise and big questions for the RPS as membership numbers slide – all in the time it takes to enjoy a nice cup of tea. Get the kettle on.
In this episode of our In Conversation With podcast Pharmacy Magazine editor Richard Thomas talks to Victoria Steele, six months into her role as LloydsPharmacy’s first female superintendent pharmacist, about how the company is looking after the mental health of its pharmacy teams in the wake of the pandemic, the rapid growth of its Echo prescription delivery service and the unacceptable side of social media in a frank and wide-ranging interview.
Good Week Bad Week returns in a new format: the departure of Simon Stevens, dispensing doctors, the mental health of female care providers and contractors’ broken NHS payments system all feature. Plus toxic Twitter and an extract from an exclusive interview with LloydsPharmacy’s superintendent pharmacist, Victoria Steele. The full interview will be released next week. The Talking Pharmacy podcast is sponsored by Aronix from Dr Reddy’s.
The CIG editors get together for a podcast 'Spring Special', where each chooses their favourite story of the year so far. Immunisations (Covid and otherwise), abolition of the tampon tax, Harpreet Chana and mental health, Jackie Lewis and cancer care, and huge congratulations to the profession's newest pharmacists who've been through the mill and come out the other side – all feature. Chapeau!
The team is back with Good Week Bad Week: Duncan Rudkin, budesonide, happy 180 for Pharmacist Support, worrying smoking stats, sliding OTC sales, NICE guidance on chronic pain and vaccine patents all feature – and a wakeup call for online pharmacies over codeine. Plus… who is our latest pod super-fan? All revealed in a packed edition.
In this edition of the In Conversation With podcast we talk to Raj Nutan, head of Alphega Pharmacy, about the group’s Covid vaccination programme.
Raj, who still practises as a pharmacist, also shares some of his feelings and experiences from being on the pharmacy frontline and pays tribute to independents for their role in the pandemic.
More on Alphega's Covid vaccination scheme here - https://wba.qumucloud.com/view/dZ3gXRJ7xkx
News story: Alphega joins vaccination drive - https://www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk/alphega-pharmacy-joins-vaccination-drive
In a special Easter edition of the Talking Pharmacy podcast it’s a Good Week for Covid tests from pharmacies, the Office of Health Promotion, antipsychotic prescribing and pharmacists’ willingness to give annual coronavirus jabs. Bad Week for the common registration assessment and Government transparency over PPE contracts. In the interview hotseat: Raj Nutan, head of Alphega Pharmacy.
In the latest in our In Conversation With series of podcasts we talk to Gareth Hughes, superintendent pharmacist at the Sheppards Pharmacy group in South Wales. Gareth discusses how pharmacy in Wales pulled together over Covid, the bold vision for the sector’s future outlined in Delivering a Healthier Wales and how independent prescribing is unlocking community pharmacists’ clinical capability.
In this week’s podcast it’s a good week for MHRA enforcement, NHS text alerts and contractors in Wales for having their Covid costs covered, but a bad week for the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine in Europe – unjustifiably so. There’s a difference of opinion over former pharmacy minister Steve Brine’s contribution to the hub & spoke debate in the Commons and our Pharmacist on the Frontline interview is with Gareth Hughes of Sheppards Pharmacy in south Wales.
In this week’s podcast it’s a Bad Week for the high street, Greensill and the Review Steering Group, but a Good Week for diversity and inclusion in the profession, revalidation and the NHS. Plus some recommended bedtime reading, a potboiler on pharmacy and the management of long-term conditions.
In a special 4321 episode of the pod it’s a good week for Covid jabbing pharmacy technicians, Avicenna and supporters of BAME women in the NHS; bad week for Rudkin, Clarke, Sunak and CPCS referrals. Plus – ding dong – “the Rob” gets an eagerly anticipated delivery….
In this week’s pod: good week for pharmacists and end-of-life care, Medicine Box, Superdrug and pharmacy technicians. Bad week for patient safety reporting, pharmacy closures in deprived areas, prescription charges and Matty H. Plus community pharmacists’ role in antimicrobial stewardship and hopes dashed of the pubs opening in Cardiff for Wales vs England. Shame.
In this Category Insight podcast we look at men’s health and the sensitive subject of erection problems. Pharmacy Magazine editor Richard Thomas talks to Martin Tod, chief executive of the Men’s Health Forum, Ade Williams, award winning pharmacist at Bedminster Pharmacy in Bristol and Rob Elliott, Viatris marketing director, manufacturer of Viagra Connect, about the physical and psychological impact of erection problems and pharmacy’s role in the management of this condition. Subjects discussed include the links to cardiovascular disease, consultation tips and the “Time to Raise It” campaign, as well as community pharmacy’s wider role in dealing more effectively with men’s health issues.
Learning update: Men's health & erection problems https://www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk/men-suffering-in-silence
Viagra Connect interactive training https://www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk/viagraconnect-patient-consultations
Category review: Getting through to men https://www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk/getting-through
CPD module: Erectile dysfunction https://www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk/erectile-dysfunction
Time to Raise It report, Men's Health Forum https://www.menshealthforum.org.uk/time-raise-it-report
Essential information: Viagra Connect https://hcp.viagraconnect.co.uk/sites/default/files/2018-02/Essential%20Information%20for%20Supply%20of%20Viagra%20Connect_0.pdf
In this week’s pod: good week for widening oral contraceptive access, antimicrobial stewardship and pharmacists jabbing away on the Covid frontline. Bad week for LloydsPharmacy, strike action talk and pharmacy bodies missing a trick over Boris Johnson’s wish to see pharmacists reimbursed for Covid costs as soon as possible – or three billboards (and a few buses) outside the Palace of Westminster…
Good Week Bad Week returns – the prov-reg fiasco, vaccinations and a major consumer survey looking at pharmacy advice all feature. Plus contractors face a huge hit over methadone fees, Simon Dukes talks tough and the PDA invokes the Dunkirk spirit. Plus why the month of February is an infrequent source of neat nerdy joy...
In the latest in our In Conversion With podcast series we talk to Community Pharmacy Scotland chief executive Harry McQuillan about how pharmacy teams in Scotland have stepped up to the challenges of Covid, why independent prescribing is reengineering the clinical role of community pharmacy north of the border and what’s the secret behind the constructive relationship that the sector enjoys with the Scottish Government.
Covid vaccination looms large this week. Hurrah for Ashburton Prescribing Consultants; boo for the postcode lottery and professional co-operation in Hampshire. The CIG editors applaud awareness campaigns and payment for deliveries in Scotland, but have concerns about the operation of the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service. In the interview slot, Community Pharmacy Scotland chief executive Harry McQuillan tells Richard Thomas about the sector’s response to the pandemic and building relationships with Government. And there’s a shout out for this week’s launch of the only national awards scheme exclusively for community pharmacy team members - Training Matters’ Recognition of Excellence Awards 2021.
Good Week Bad Week is back in this week's podcast – POM to GSL switches, Pharmacy2U, Nadhim Zahawi, Professor Sir Roy Anderson, abuse of pharmacy staff and abolition of the tampon tax all feature. Plus not being wise in our own eyes (literally) and fuming over pavement joggers spewing their spittle.
This week's podcast discusses community pharmacy's role in the Covid vaccination drive. Will the sector play a major part in the biggest immunisation programme in the history of the NHS, or not? Plus the CIG editors reveal their new year's resolutions and hopes for pharmacy in 2021.
In a special edition of the Talking Pharmacy podcast, the CIG editors look back at the events of 2020 in pharmacy and select the stories and interviews that stood out for them in a dramatic and difficult year. Coronavirus dominated the news agenda but plenty of other issues also grabbed the headlines in a year that saw the very best of community pharmacy. Here's to a better, safer, less eventful 2021!
It's the Talking Pharmacy podcast Christmas special! The CIG editors get together over minced pies and mulled wine to award Christmas cracker prizes to the Pharmacy Person of the Year, Pharmacy Organisation of the Year, Biggest Disappointment of the Year and Sentence That We Never Want To Write Again in 2021. Plus pharmacy pun-tastic Christmas carols and seasonal messages from friends of the pod – something to lift the spirits after a difficult year. Happy Christmas!
In this week's pod: good week for award-winning Community Pharmacy Scotland, self care and Angela Merkel; bad week for pharmaceutical wholesalers, political journalists and Brexit. Also – sorry, where did you say vanilla extract came from?
In this week's podcast: Poundland under fire over paracetamol multi-buys, good week for Matt Hancock (yes, really) and pharmacy teams in Scotland get an unexpected Christmas bonus. Also pharmacy lauded over dementia care during the pandemic, a date is finally set for the registration exam and the sector saves 35,000 GP consultations a week in Wales. Plus South African lottery numbers and our favourite newspaper Covid vaccine puns. Jabba Dabba Doo!
In this week's podcast we celebrate the nation's wonderful pharmacy support staff as the spotlight is thrown onto the Recognition of Excellence Awards, organised by Training Matters magazine. It is the only national awards scheme exclusively for community pharmacy team members that recognises and rewards their fantastic work, going above and beyond in supporting their local communities. See a full round up of our finalists’ stories in our Hall of Fame: https://www.tmmagazine.co.uk/roe-hall-of-fame
With thanks to the RoE Awards sponsors Alphega, Bayer, Klearvol, Numark, RB, Rosemont and SMA for their generous support, and our charity partner The Mental Health Foundation.
And thank you to our expert judging panel for their time and assistance: Ade Williams, Emma Charlesworth, Harry Mahmood, Janice Perkins, Leyla Hannbeck, Liz Fidler, Louise Baglole, Mike Holden, Paula Woodgate, Rekha Shah, Richard Dunne, Richard Stephenson, Richard Thomas, Salim Jetha, Steve Howard and Tim Rendell.
Register your interest for the Recognition of Excellence Awards 2021: https://www.tmmagazine.co.uk/roe-the-awards
Access Pharmacy Magazine’s pharmacist CPD module on suicide prevention and the role of community pharmacy teams: https://www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk/suicide-prevention-the-role-of-community-pharmacy-teams
Access Training Matters’ CPD module for pharmacy technicians on suicide prevention and the role of community pharmacy teams: https://www.tmmagazine.co.uk/suicide-prevention-2020
Access Training Matters’ CPD module for pharmacy technicians on supporting the mental health of the pharmacy team: https://www.tmmagazine.co.uk/mental-health-and-the-pharmacy-team
Donate to our charity partner The Mental Health Foundation, here: https://justgiving.com/fundraising/roe-awards-2020
In this week's podcast: Amazon eyes up the US pharmacy market, the latest on the Wright review and the demise of FMD. Also good week for Elsy Gomez Campos of the UK Black Pharmacist Association, bad week for Dominic Cummings – plus aspirin and Covid, freedom of the (pharmacy) press, the shocking NAO report and RIP Liverpool great, Ray Clemence
This week's podcast sees the CIG editors each send a postcard from home with their take on the week's events in pharmacy. The sector's role in a national Covid vaccination programme, promised twice-weekly testing for pharmacy staff, Jo Churchill's letter, Sandra Gidley and independent prescribing training as part of the foundation year all feature. As does Spanish golfer Jon Rahm's Augusta hole-in-one. All feedback welcome!
This week's podcast pores over all the current big issues in pharmacy including calls for EHC to be made GSL, another own goal for NHSE in its relations with the pharmacy press, good week for Mark Lyonette and Andrew Lane of the NPA, bad week for GPhC over its fitness to practise processes – plus pharmacy technicians, patient safety reporting, Covid testing (again), the US presidential election (again) and lots more.
In the latest in our In Conversion With podcast series Pharmacy Magazine editor Richard Thomas talks to NPA chief executive Mark Lyonette about pharmacy’s continuing fight for proper recognition and its funding struggles, both severely exacerbated by the Covid crisis. Also discussed is the public perception of pharmacy, workplace pressures, pharmacy’s relationship with NHS England and the importance of rebuilding trust between minsters, officials and sector representatives. Why is the Government is stiull getting it badly wrong over funding. We also discussed how he thinks the NPA has performed in this difficult year.
On this week's podcast: tribulations continue for test & trace, why the more certain someone is about Covid-19 the less you should trust them and welcome news at last over PPE for pharmacy teams. Good week Andy Burnham, bad week Purdue Pharma, continuing struggles at Boots and frustration for pharmacists before the ancient autumn ritual of Revalidation Weekend...
The latest in our In Conversation With series features an exclusive interview with AIM chief executive Leyla Hannbeck, who talks about funding and recognition for pharmacy, pharmacy’s response to the Covid crisis, what AIM members want from the Wright review, and describes her personal vision for the organisation after just over a year in charge. Also, funding issues apart, does she detect a change of tone from NHSE as far as community pharmacy in England is concerned, something that gives her optimism for the future? Extracts of this interview first appeared in the October 1st edition of the Talking Pharmacy podcast.
On the podcast this week: test & trace tribulations, the brilliant pharmacy-run flu vaccination centre in Preston, good news on Priadel, bad week for Rowlands, quotas raise their ugly head again, a lively debate on the ‘conscience clause', Rishi Sunak's slipping halo, James Bond and lots more. You'll be left both shaken and stirred.
This week's podcast discusses the provisionally registered pharmacists fiasco, the uplifting story of London bus driver-turned-pharmacist Israel Marfo and Pharmacy2U potentially in hot water – again – over an advertising claim. Leyla Hannbeck from AIM is in the interview hotseat plus pharmacy whistleblowers, haute cuisine in an Irish prison and bostin' sayings from the Black Country...
This week's podcast picks through the bones of the first ever virtual LPC conference as the CIG editors discuss the main talking points. Also a mixed week for the flu vaccination service, Echo in hot water over an ad and foraging along the leafy lanes of Hampshire.
Pharmacy Magazine's Richard Thomas and Rob Darracott from P3pharmacy look ahead to tomorrow's first ever virtual LPC conference and discuss possible talking points such as the latest state of play with funding negotiations and what's next for the Wright Review.
This week's podcast includes reaction to the Simon Dukes interview plus some lively discussion about our exclusive survey on the impact of virtual GP consultations on pharmacy with some alarming findings. Plus the EY report – is this the end of pharmacy? – GPs letting the side down (again) over flu jabs and Wolves' shocking third strip.
An exclusive interview with PSNC's Simon Dukes talking about pharmacy's funding crisis, the latest state of play with negotiations and why contractors should stop offering services for free.
Featuring PSNC's Simon Dukes talking about pharmacy's funding crisis, the latest state of play with negotiations and why contractors should stop offering services for free. The full interview will appear next week as part of our "In Conversation With..." podcast series. Also on the pod: GPs in the money, why we'll miss this year's Pharmacy Show, the continent of Africa and Rob's ironing
This week's podcast includes extracts from Monday's live Pharmacy Magazine/P3pharmacy webcast on the Wright Review: What Next for LPCs? Plus a fond farewell to one of pharmacy's good guys and why the Government is currently resembling a ship of fools...
Wright Review: What Next for LPCs? - https://www.pharmacymagazine.co.uk/1st-webinar
This week's pod has all the regular features: Good Week Bad Week, Any Other Business, plus a Postcard from Dublin and the Talking Pharmacy Rantline opens for business. Also vaccines, testing, early education & training – and who's been splashing out with their RPS Rewards points...
We talk to the UK Black Pharmacists Association about racism, discrimination and inequality in pharmacy in a powerful interview. Also the GPhC in the firing line once more over premises fees hike, thwarted holidays and the Duchess of Cornwall.
Community pharmacist and stand up comedian Peter Kelly talks about laughing with patients, finding inspiration in getting booed off at The Comedy Store after telling one joke, and draws a parallel between the the worlds of comedy and drug discovery. We discuss an “interesting" week for the GPhC, the first school of pharmacy pharmacy technician qualification, hub and spoke business models and deliver a brickbat to the Chancellor.
James Tibbs from award-winning AR Pharmacy in Totton talks to us about how his business got through the Covid crisis, why he's getting ready for the flu season even at the height of summer and his exciting plans for the future. Also mask refuseniks, Russian interference and pharmacy ministers (again).
Pharmacy Magazine: In Conversation With - Shadow Pharmacy Minister, Alex Norris MP by Communications International Group
Features an exclusive interview with shadow health minister Alex Norris MP. Hailing community pharmacy as the big success story of the Covid crisis, he talks candidly about the sector's failing financial model, unrealised potential and hub & spoke. His message to the Government: mess with a trusted and adaptable network at your peril. Also – the CIG editors discuss the past week's events in pharmacy
The CIG editors discuss inclusion and diversity, the Society's finances and early reaction to the Wright review. Plus amazing pharmacy support staff, recognising outstanding practice – and is that a golden sky at the end of a storm? Interview with Oxfordshire pharmacy owner Stuart Gale.
In a Talking Pharmacy podcast exclusive, we talk to Professor David Wright about his review into contractor representation and support, published today (June 19). It's radical, far-reaching and would represent the biggest shakeup in contractor politics for decades. The CIG editors pick over the proposals and give their verdict. Plus a new deal for pharmacy in Wales, dexamethasone and goal-line technology.
We chat to Ali Sparkes, owner of The Health Dispensary in Neath, South Wales, about coping with Covid and mental health. Plus antibody testing in Jersey, what's next for the pharmacy flu vaccination service, the power of Love Island – and football's back!
James Wood from Community Pharmacy Surrey & Sussex gives a local view of the Covid crisis, highlighting the tremendous work of contractors but also with an eye to the future. Plus a rant about Hancock, politicians with no trousers and some brilliant original music.
RPS president Sandra Gidley tells the Pharmacy Magazine Talking Covid podcast how the Society has led from the front during the pandemic and addresses the question – where does pharmacy go from here? Also script switching, testing tribulations, chloroquine and Barnard Castle.
The CIG editors discuss the findings from the latest Coping with Covid survey and consider the performance of the pharmacy bodies during the crisis. Plus novice novel writing, Covid hair cuts and Welsh hymn singing. Interview with Danielle Hunt from Pharmacist Support
The ramifications of the Government's belated but welcome U-turn on including pharmacists in its death in service scheme are debated in this week's Pharmacy Magazine Talking Covid podcast, as the CIG editors ask – how could ministers have initially got it so badly wrong? Plus a blow for working conditions in pharmacy, naked German doctors, who'd be a medical advisor for Trump and some poetry. This week's view from the front line: Alliance Healthcare's Julian Mount
The CIG editors dip their toes into the treacherous waters of coronavirus testing in this week's Pharmacy Magazine Talking Covid podcast. Plus NHS haters, swearing health ministers and why the Pope is the answer to medicines shortages. This week's pharmacist on the front line is Reena Barai
Testing (again), Hancock's badges and the Pandemic Delivery Service get the treatment from the CIG editors but tribute is paid to the generosity and ingenuity of the Great British Public. Plus our interview from the front line: pharmacy owner Tony Schofield
Covid-19 testing, pharmacy in the media and the mood of pharmacists on the frontline are among the subjects discussed in this week's pod. Find out who's had a good – and bad – week in the eyes of the CIG editors and in a powerful interview award-winning Bristol pharmacist Ade Williams explains why he feels let down by the system.
Matt Hancock calls it 'funding' but pharmacies are calling it a loan. Cash injections and PPE are the big topics in this week's podcast, which also features an exclusive interview with RPS Scotland chair Jonathan Burton.
This week has seen community pharmacies face impossible conditions. Will the powers that be step in to offer support, we ask in a new round table podcast.