Explainers

Victoria Atkins: What is the new health secretary’s history with pharmacy?

 
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As Conservative MP Victoria Atkins is appointed health secretary, C+D looks back at her voting record and previous brushes with the pharmacy sector

Explained: Making your career in pharmacy work for you

 
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There’s no one right way to have a successful career in pharmacy, as C+D found when it spoke to pharmacists and recruitment experts about their experiences

How to build relationships within your community

 
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Pharmacists offer an essential lifeline to the patients they serve. Karen Baker provides some easy tips to ensure you and your team remain at the heart of your community


Explained: HMRC withdraws locum-specific tax guidance

 
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With the government to withdraw employment status guidance for locum pharmacists later this month, Atif Butt explains what could change and why it matters

Explainer: Could the Pharmacy First service affect my clinical liability?

 
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Experts offer answers to key questions about England’s forthcoming Pharmacy First service and what it means for professional indemnity insurance

Legal view: What now for Lloydspharmacy services in Sainsbury's?

 
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What are Lloydspharmacy's options following its decision to withdraw pharmacy services from 237 Sainsbury's stores? Noel Wardle explains


Legal view: What happens if I refuse to dispense at a loss?

 
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From Exeter to Elgin, Ebbw Vale to Enniskillen, pharmacists are all asking the same questions: do I have to dispense at a loss and what can happen to me if I refuse to?

Strep A and scarlet fever: What pharmacists should know and advise

 
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Concerns over strep A have led to increased visits to pharmacies by concerned parents and carers for well over a week. But how are strep A and scarlet fever linked and what are the best treatments?

Everything pharmacy teams need to know about integrated care systems

 
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Do you know your integrated care board (ICB) from your integrated care system (ICS) or your integrated care partnership (ICP)? 


Explained: The professional indemnity requirements for pharmacy workers

 
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Reena Popat and Hammad Naveed from Carter Bond solicitors give a refresher on the professional indemnity requirements in the pharmacy industry

How to maintain motivation in your pharmacy team

 
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How can pharmacy managers maintain motivation within their teams to ensure continuity of service for their patients? Karen Baker from Care provides some top tips

Fitness-to-practise: Your guide to interim orders

 
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Healthcare regulation specialist Susan Hunneyball breaks down interim orders for pharmacy professionals, and what to do if you are issued with one


What pharmacists should know and advise about ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease

 
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Patients are increasingly presenting to pharmacies with symptoms of these gastrointestinal conditions, so what information and advice can pharmacists give? 

Will the expiry of the Coronavirus Act affect community pharmacy teams?

 
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C+D speaks to legal experts about the government’s phasing out of the act at midnight tonight (March 24) and its potential impact on pharmacists and pharmacy staff

Underappreciated and lonely: the other side of the PCN pharmacist role

 
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A DH-commissioned report has lifted the lid on what it is like for those working in PCNs. C+D explores how pharmacists are faring, according to the King’s Fund


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Can pharmacies amend their flu vaccine orders after scrapping of free jabs for under-65s?

 
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C+D asked suppliers and wholesalers whether contractors can tweak their flu vaccine orders, after NHS England and NHS Improvement’s (NHSE&I) decision to scrap free flu jabs for 50-64-year-olds came under fire.

Everything pharmacy teams need to know about COVID-19

 
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With the COVID-19 pandemic creating news at breakneck speed, C+D presents all the essential information on the topic to help pharmacists manage the crisis

The pharmacy COVID lateral flow device distribution service explained

 
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A pharmacy lateral flow device distribution service has been launched in England. C+D unpacks what the Pharmacy Collect service entails.


What pharmacists need to know about COVID-19, pollution and allergies

 
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As cities grind to a halt following the COVID-19 outbreak, C+D talks to the experts about how altered pollution levels during lockdown will affect people with allergies

Five things pharmacies need to know about the budget

 
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The government has announced its spending plans for the year ahead, with a focus on small businesses and statutory sick pay for those affected by coronavirus.