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Outsider: Time to stop joking around

Faced with pharmacy's service model, Outsider doesn't know whether to laugh or cry

17 Oct 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Does Pharmacy First provide a blueprint for the future?

The NHS needs to let pharmacies recruit patients directly to valued services

09 Oct 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Pharmacy is in a right old mess

The GPhC is tough on untidy pharmacies – but are they a sign of rising pressure?

04 Oct 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Now it's pharmacy's turn to adapt

Contractors once pitied shuttered businesses - now they're at risk themselves

04 Oct 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Can AI save CPE's bacon?

Outsider turns to the AI oracle for some novel suggestions on getting cash for pharmacies

12 Sep 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Let's not fall behind on primary care data sharing

The GP Connect debacle this summer should not be repeated

05 Sep 2024 , 1 Min Article

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We must all say no to working for free

Pharmacy must cut back on free work and act as one - the way GPs do

15 Aug 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Our negotiators must move past a decade of poor performance

With pharmacies paying an extra £1.5m for CPE, better results are needed

09 Aug 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Driving economic growth through public health

There may be no 'magic money tree' – but pharmacy still has a strong case, Ade Williams argues

02 Aug 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Economist’s view: Costing options for scrapping the prescription charge

Axing prescription charges – a cheap and cheerful policy option for Labour?

02 Aug 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Tough choices are needed for the future

We need better data on the trade offs patients are willing to make, an economist writes

11 Jul 2024 , 1 Min Article

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How to win friends and influence Treasury

CCA chief Malcolm Harrison on the organisation's lobbying behind the scenes

10 Jul 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Look what you could have won

On polling day, Outsider imagines our Glorious Negotiators at the Bullseye podium

04 Jul 2024 , 1 Min Article

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OTC opioids: Pharmacy’s dirty little secret

How can we motivate people to reduce their use of OTC opioids?

28 Jun 2024 , 1 Min Article

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When the lights went out

Could this be pharmacy's summer of discontent?

28 Jun 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Outsider: What’s in a name?

Reports of the recently rebranded IPA have Outsider reaching for his beer...

12 Jun 2024 , 1 Min Article

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