WE are undergoing some minor surgery on the site, and during this process we won’t be looking at our best. We’re still exactly the same on the inside though, and we’ll still be publishing articles. In a few days time (if there are no technical gremlins) we’ll emerge to enhance your reading experience. Thanks for your…
THIS blog was conceived when I read about the key findings in the Finnish asthma strategy between 1994 and 2004. The results from the Finnish study were very interesting. Not only in Finland did they review their current multidisciplinary practice through various funded educational interventions they also brought community pharmacy into the fold. So, the…
I HATE to admit, but after 20 years of working in community pharmacy it’s easy to become complacent. You may think you’ve seen everything, heard it all and even bought the T-shirt (or three!). But have you? And how do you know? For me, after 15 years as a pharmacy technician and the last five years as…
THERE are some things in life at which we’re not experts, and we shouldn’t kid ourselves that we are. Plumbing is one. Anything involving electricity is another. If we know fixing something requires us to find someone suitable, rather than undertake something risky ourselves, then it makes sense to do so. In healthcare we need a wealth of…
Job: Pharmacist manager Location: Burnage, South Manchester Hours: Full time, covering the branch opening times: approx 42 hours per week. Alternative Saturdays are required, rota is open for discussion at an interview. Salary: Candidate specific. Includes a service bonus for MURs and NMS Company: Independent chain Pharmacy details: The pharmacy is located in Burnage and sits within…
Job: Responsible pharmacist Location: Gosport, Hampshire Hours: Full time role – 42 hours per week, working alternate Saturdays. Salary: Candidate specific, good salary package and benefits offered Company: Large multiple Pharmacy Details: The pharmacy is busy, dispensing over 9,000 items per month. It is located next to a medical centre and has great relationships with the GPs and local surgeries…
LAST year (2015) marked my 10th year in the UK. I can’t quite believe how quickly the time has passed. It feels like it was only yesterday I stepped off the plane at Heathrow for the first time, with a stomach full of butterflies. In the last 10 years, I’ve enjoyed adapting from my potentially…
Job: Pharmacist manager Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria Hours: Full time, 45 hours over a 5 day week, with 2 in 4 Saturdays. Three early shifts a week and 2 late nights a week (no Sunday working). Salary: Candidate Specific Company: Large multiple Pharmacy Details: A medium intensity branch, dispensing over 1,600 items per week. The team is made up…
THE Scottish regional finalists in this year’s Royal Pharmaceutical Society I Love my Pharmacist Awards are: Heather Donaldson — Boots, Uddingston. Naseem Sadiq — Dears Pharmacy, Glenrothes. Bernadette Brown — Cadham Pharmacy, Glenrothes. Sally Arnison — Barnton Pharmacy and Travel Clinic, Edinburgh. To read more about them and to vote for your winner, visit the I Love…
A Pharmacy in Practice exclusive interview with newly elected SNP Member of the Scottish Parliament, pharmacist, Maree Todd When the returning officer announced you had won, how did you feel? I wasn’t ever sure I’d win, but I was reasonably hopeful. I was standing as an SNP list MSP and I was first on the list.…
AS my first post-graduate year one (PGY1) pharmacy residency training at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Health in Galveston, Texas comes to an end, I have been reflecting on my learning experiences in the past year. There are three important points that I hope to share with the incoming PGY1 residents in an effort…
