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Look beyond NRT to help more smokers

Louise Ross of the New Nicotine Alliance says professionals should not close off new options for smokers

14 Jan 2021

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Ho, oh, no

Outsider’s been good this year, so there’s lots on his Christmas wish list. He just needs a pharmacy Santa to deliver

15 Dec 2020

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The Covid diaries Part II

Lindsey Fairbrother's has some reflections now she's back at work after a period of self-isolation. 

14 Dec 2020

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Use research to help get things right

Professor of social pharmacy Claire Anderson's passion for research has taken her around the world, but she says UK pharmacy is slower on the uptake 

11 Dec 2020

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After the pandemic

Webcast participants think positively about the concept of a "reset" 

11 Dec 2020

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Busting nothing

There’s no gloss on the RPS’s annual workforce wellbeing survey

11 Dec 2020

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Back in time

Outsider asks whether the clocks will also go back on the progress of community pharmacy this winter.  

10 Nov 2020

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A diamond in the rough

Ade Williams says it's easy to overlook the value of something that's right in front of you. Like self care

09 Nov 2020

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The Covid diaries

My partner, who works in the business, has tested positive...

09 Nov 2020

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Real leaders

Five weeks ago, and old friend rang me up and told me about someone he'd just met.

09 Nov 2020

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There for the taking

Outsider is impressed by the flying start to the flu vaccination season (with one exception)...

20 Oct 2020

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In retrospect

Twenty odd years ago, Terry Maguire outlined a path to success in Northern Ireland. But, he says, today's reality isn't quite what he'd hoped for. 

19 Oct 2020

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Who's raising the bar?

The editor says winners are the builders of the future, even in this year's "no ceremony" awards

19 Oct 2020

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Enter stage left

Our correspondent finds the perfect theatrical analogy for what's happening with flu vaccines. Will pharmacy pass the audition?

19 Oct 2020

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Has behaviour shifted for good?

UK Meds medical director Shyam Morjaria suggests lockdown has broken some of the stigma surrounding online pharmacies

19 Oct 2020

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How do you find things out?

Unfamiliarity with a new bit of kit prompts a thought about how people get information

21 Sep 2020

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