Pharmacy practice and profession blog
Ensuring value-based outcomes through medicines optimisation
Shazia Karsan describes the value pharmacists bring to integrated community networks in Croydon.
Back to the drawing board: why pharmacists should embrace creativity in patient interactions
When almost half of patients are unable to understand health information, pharmacists should employ a creative and humanistic approach to discussing medicines with patients, says mental health pharmacist Nana Tomova.
What we do as CPhO clinical fellows
Katherine Le Bosquet, Louisa Conlon and Adele Mott give an insight into their work as chief pharmaceutical officer fellows.
Treating complex patients in their own homes is possible — we already do it
Improving patient care and making cost savings, the pharmacy homecare team provides much more than just a medicines delivery service, says advanced specialist pharmacist Rabiya Mansoor.
We are already rethinking our training plans because of short-sighted cuts to preregistration funding
With nonsensical changes to preregistration pharmacist funding, we will struggle to train enough pharmacists to fill expanded roles of today, let alone of the future.
Pioneering an independent medicines optimisation clinic in community, in India
Pharmacist Mansi Shah has developed the first independent community medicines optimisation service in India, but it has not been without its challenges.
Meeting the learning needs of early-career community pharmacists in Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland Centre for Pharmacy Learning and Development have a created a foundation programme specifically for community pharmacists.
Meeting the learning needs of early-career community pharmacists in Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland Centre for Pharmacy Learning and Development have a created a foundation programme specifically for community pharmacists.
Meeting the learning needs of early-career community pharmacists in Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland Centre for Pharmacy Learning and Development have a created a foundation programme specifically for community pharmacists.
How working with podiatry students improved my learning as a pharmacy student
Pharmacy student Evelyn Andrews describes how shadowing students in a podiatry clinic has changed her perceptions of the role.
Pharmacists on ethnicity, pay and career progression
Julia Robinson summarises the pertinent themes discussed during The Pharmaceutical Journal’s Twitter chat held on Wednesday 12 December 2018.
Meeting the needs of patients affected by mental illness in community pharmacy
As a community pharmacist, Sean Quay recognised that he could be doing more to support his patients affected by mental illness.
Why small community pharmacies are at risk and how we can save them
Independent pharmacies need a new kind of contract if they are to survive the threat from funding cuts and wholesaler market control, says the Pharmacists’ Defence Association’s head of policy, Alima Batchelor.
What's the strangest question you've been asked by a patient?
During #AskYourPharmacist Week 2018 — which aims to raise awareness of the services pharmacy can offer — we asked our readers to tell us the most unusual questions their patients had posed to them. From the bizarre to the ridiculous, here are some of our favourites.
How community pharmacy can support patients who have pancreatic cancer
November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, Ade Williams and Ali Stunt describe the pivotal role pharmacy teams can play.
On deployment to South Sudan with the Army Reserves
Army Reserve pharmacist, Anuj K. Sunder shares details of his four-month deployment to South Sudan as part a United Nations Humanitarian Operation
Returning to work as a general practice pharmacist
Amira Shaikh describes her experience of undertaking the CPPE GP pharmacist training pathway
Poetry in motion: 10 haiku written by pharmacists
The Pharmaceutical Journal asked pharmacists on Twitter to get creative and compose a haiku for National Poetry Day on the 4 October using the hashtag #pharmacyhaiku — here are some of our favourites.
Should pharmacists learn British Sign Language?
Have you ever wondered if sign language is communicated the same universally?
Improving patient care through ward based dispensing
The impact of introducing ward based dispensing at Mid Essex Hospital Trust
