Front Desk

You can’t shape what you don’t see coming, and you won’t see it coming if you’re not looking for it. 

Pharmacy can do better than some of the tactics being employed in the general election

The editor says only realists and optimists need apply

Community pharmacy face twin changes: a new five year national deal, and primary care networks at local level. Does representation need to change to reflect the reality? 

After the five year agreement, the real work starts. Time to learn the lessons of the past.

The RPS president for 2019/20 is (s)elected next week. The record books suggest something different is in order 

Do people with an iPhone and a cold sore deserve instant access to a GP?

Editor Rob Darracott's takeaways from his conversation with NHS England's chief pharmaceutical officer

Apprenticeships. A dastardly plot, or a different way of squaring a tricky circle? Outrage justified, or more detail needed? 

PSNC has put support for LPCs at the heart of its strategy for 2019. I hope it’s not too late. 

Steve Brine's resigned over Brexit. But how much of a difference does a Government minister make to pharmacy? 

Associate editor Ross Ferguson reads between the lines of the NHS Long Term Plan

What happens when a population of 30,000 people gets an opportunity to reshape community health care for itself? Fleetwood GP Mark Spencer talks to P3pharmacy about award-winning Healthier Fleetwood

Here's an opportunity to get on the right side of an argument

The NHS Plan. First thoughts, and a response to the first responses

Dateline: Saturday. Location: London. Objective: Disruption. And there’s no place to hide in an Xchangeathon. 

The Health Secretary suggestions for measures to ease medicine supply chain challenges in the event of no deal look like wishful thinking

The Secretary of State has a new vision. Prevention. Forgive me for feeling deja vu-ed...