Leadership

With responsibility for health devolved, the decisions that shape community pharmacy are being made in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast as well as Westminster. We catch up with the people in the middle.

Leadership is more important than ever and it's time to make a change, says pharmacy manager Mital Thakrar

Local approaches to PCNs should be co-ordinated, says North East London LPC chief officer Hemant Patel. 

With community pharmacy facing change nationally and locally, Saša Janković asks whether the existing representation structure in England is robust enough to cope?

With a new group of chief executives at the community pharmacy bodies, what can we expect from their combined stance on the sector?

Leadership is no longer the preserve of the few – it is an essential role in business that can be learned by those at all levels to use in a range of different situations

The responsibility of employers in guiding pharmacy staff, including unregistered pharmacy managers, is being examined in a GPhC consultation

It's time to get involved in local politics, says independent pharmacist Graham Phillips

Divisions in community pharmacy leadership weakens the pharmacy message, the Sigma confefence has heard

More people need to step up into leadership roles to strengthen the sector  

Learning from reflection is key to personal development. So how can you analyse your performance?

If you are in business with your family, consider setting up a family council

How do you prepare for the process of change?

Pharmacists must flex their collective strength to face the challenges ahead, says Noel Wicks I had the very good fortune recently to attend a clinical leadership in pharmacy launch event for a new 12-day course of exciting and practical leadership training that’s being offered to 25 worthy candidates from Scotland. People have been selected from various sectors of pharmacy, all of whom will no doubt benefit greatly from their newfound leadership skills. The Scottish chief pharmacist and other notable speakers were there to launch the programme, but I was most intrigued by someone introduced as “the sumo guy”. Who? Some sort of mud wrestler?