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Financial Management & Funding

No money left in dispensing

If the biggest dispenser in the UK can't earn enough margin, who can?

29 Feb 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Here we go again

The Government is again asking if differently owned businesses should be allowed to work out between them how to assemble prescriptions. Yes, folks, hub and spoke is back. 

10 Apr 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Dear Janet

A thought or two for the PSNC's new chief executive on what to prioritise for success

04 Mar 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Time for eggshells

Are we missing a trick with CPCS because we're not thinking outside the box?

03 Feb 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Plastic Carton

It's a regular quiz question. Which book starts: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"?

12 Jan 2022 , 1 Min Article

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Time to green up

We’re going to be hearing a lot about sustainability. It was news to me how advanced some businesses in the supply chain are in their thinking; perhaps it shouldn’t have been.

08 Dec 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Perfect sense

It's always a pleasant surprise to hear politicians from all sides talking about the benefits of mutuality.

06 Nov 2021 , 2 Min Article

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Grounds for hope

The world is changing around us. Some have noticed. Others? I’m not so sure.

03 Nov 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Better get a wiggle on

Another letter that needs very careful reading, and might require a foot on the accelerator of representation

10 Aug 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Function. Form

Change is coming... again. The 42 integrated care organisations that will form the 'system' level of the NHS from April 2022 are in place in shadow form.

15 Jul 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Time to take in different views

Lesley Neil is spreading the word

13 Jul 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Greensill recalled

The editor recalls a trip to Downing Street and a meeting with the now newsworthy Mr Greensill

02 May 2021 , 2 Min Article

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Accuracy checking

Just because something becomes possible does not mean you have to do it.

08 Apr 2021 , 2 Min Article

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A plan for jabs

Why not work out now, in detail, what might happen next with Covid jabs 

02 Mar 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Unpredictables

The editor considers how the pandemic has shifted pharmacy's agenda

12 Feb 2021 , 1 Min Article

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Why bother? Because

“Did you hear the minister’s speech?” “I’ve heard it all before. Waste of time.” Is it, though? 

11 Jan 2021 , 2 Min Article