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  • Podcast: ‘My unconventional route into pharmacy’

    • 11 Aug 2022
    • Beth Kennedy

    A provisionally registered pharmacist reveals how starting her pharmacy degree two years after she originally planned was the right move for her

  • Podcast – How I went from accountancy to NPS research trailblazer

    • 11 Aug 2022
    • Emily Stearn

    In the first episode of series three of A Coffee With…, MPharm programme director at Swansea University Amira Guirguis reveals how she worked her way up in pharmacy after moving to the UK from Egypt.

  • Podcast – My journey to become Lloydspharmacy’s first ever female superintendent pharmacist

    • 11 Aug 2022
    • Emily Stearn

    Victoria Steele, the first female superintendent pharmacist in Lloydspharmacy’s history, reveals how she climbed up the community pharmacy ladder in the latest episode of the A Coffee With… podcast series

  • Podcast - My journey to become a consultant pharmacist in the UK

    • 10 Aug 2022
    • Emily Stearn

    Lelly Oboh, a consultant pharmacist for the care of older people at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London and the NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service, reveals how she worked her way up in pharmacy after moving to the UK from Nigeria, in the latest episode of A Coffee With...

  • BPSA president: Pharmacy needs to define what it does

    • 30 Sep 2019
    • Regan McCahill

    Pharmacists need to shout about the great work they do to boost their sense of identity and media image, says Regan McCahill, president of the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (BPSA), in her first piece for C+D

  • How pharmacists can self-promote using social media

    • 27 Sep 2019
    • Laura Dowling

    Community pharmacists can promote themselves and their businesses through following some simple rules, says Laura Dowling aka the Fabulous Pharmacist

  • 5 tips for a successful career in community pharmacy

    • 30 Jul 2019
    • Thomas Cox

    From how to overcome challenges to making the most of opportunities, a leading Well pharmacist reveals his formula for success

  • How a pharmacist received an MBE for helping people access benefits

    • 30 Jul 2019
    • Kathy Oxtoby

    Helping deprived patients to access food and handle paperwork are among the feats of kindness that contributed to Lila Thakerar’s MBE

  • team of the year

    Well team wins C+D Award for morale-boosting GP referral pilot

    • 25 Jun 2019
    • Thomas Cox

    A Well Pharmacy team won a C+D Award for a GP referral scheme that saw it working with nurses and physiotherapists.

  • Independent pharmacy of the year

    Pharmacy with 4 European dispensing robots wins C+D Award

    • 25 Jun 2019
    • Thomas Cox

    A pharmacy in Glenrothes, Fife has won a C+D Award following a 10-year overhaul that saw it transform a pharmacy into a service-focused health centre.

  • The community pharmacist who teaches young people about recreational drug use

    • 31 May 2019
    • Asha Fowells

    A venture into part-time work running drugs workshops in schools after years in pharmacy taught me some surprising lessons, says pharmacist Asha Fowells

  • rebecca lucas

    ‘Questions remain over how the IR35 locum tax reforms will affect pharmacies’

    • 30 Apr 2019
    • Rebecca Lucas

    Tax reforms could damage the interests of pharmacy owners and locums, says Company Chemists’ Association's (CCA) Rebecca Lucas.

  • Allan Gordon

    Growing a pharmacy business from 10 branches to 37

    • 30 Apr 2019
    • Kealan Hughes

    Allan Gordon is hungry to expand his pharmacy chain further after helping it almost quadruple in size

  • Sponsored: ‘My experience as a newly qualified pharmacist at Boots’

    • 12 Apr 2019

    After completing her pre-registration year, Umeh Ali was eager to develop her clinical and leadership skills. Here she explains how she kick started her pharmacy career by joining Boots as a newly qualified pharmacist.

  • Frontline career tips from a military pharmacist

    • 21 Mar 2019
    • Kealan Hughes

    After working as a pharmacist on deployment in Afghanistan, Major Bex Heaton reveals how she found her way into the army

  • ‘How I went from locum pharmacist to representing the multiples’

    • 18 Mar 2019
    • Kealan Hughes

    Malcolm Harrison, chief executive of the CCA, explains the inspiration behind his career in community pharmacy.

  • Well’s head of digital: ‘Competitors watch out – we are on the case’

    • 21 Feb 2019
    • Kealan Hughes

    Dan Sheldon explains why the increasing focus on technology in pharmacy means pharmacists need to get to grips with the internet

  • Sponsored: ‘A career with LloydsPharmacy offers a lot more’

    • 12 Feb 2019

    Feroz Jussab: ‘A career with LloydsPharmacy offers a lot more’

  • Tesco pharmacy staff not among 9,000 job cuts

    • 31 Jan 2019
    • Thomas Cox

    Staff working in Tesco’s pharmacies are not among the estimated 9,000 supermarket employees who will be losing their jobs.

  • Steve Jeffers

    Pharmacy Seekers appoints previous CEO of the Hub pharmacy and MedicX as consultant

    • 29 Jan 2019
    • Kealan Hughes

    Sales broker Pharmacy Seekers has appointed Steve Jeffers as its new consultant for the north of England.