The changing pharmacy landscape
The latest NHSBSA data shows a further small fall in community-based pharmacies, now at 9,933 which is 2,016 down from its peak in 2015. There is also a further shift to small independent ownership with large groups (100+) now down by over 2000 since January 2021. The recent settlement for the CPCF, whilst welcomed, will…
From Vision to Profit
Pleased to be invited to speak at the excellent #TitanUp26 event earlier this month. Great conversations with pharmacy owners and partners. A real focus on what must happen to create a profitable and sustainable pharmacy business, reducing reliance on low or no profit NHS services whilst still optimising those, developing private services and delivering a…
Pharmacy Show 2026
Is your community pharmacy still doing the same and expecting a better outcome? Some pharmacies are developing a new model, one for a more viable future. Developing their own vision, their team, their use of technology and their services. A model based on the MCPP movement. We will be speaking on Sunday 11th October at…
Neighbourhood Health
Collaborative working with other healthcare providers is a key enabler of providing safe patient-centred clinical services under the Modern Community Pharmacy Practice movement and model. Technology can help this but it first requires trusted relationships at every level, in particular at person-to-person and practice-to-practice level. This takes time and effort by LPCs and individual pharmacy…