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...Just a thought

By Colette McCreedy

Colette McCreedy is an independent consultant and locum community pharmacist. Until recently she was the chief pharmacist and director of practice at the National Pharmacy Association (NPA)

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Bystander

By Bystander

Bystander is the pen name of a regular contributor to The Pharmaceutical Journal who writes on non-pharmacy matters that pharmacists might find interesting

Didapper

By Didapper

Didapper is the pen name of a regular contributor to The Pharmaceutical Journal who writes on non-pharmacy matters that pharmacists might find interesting

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Footler

By Footler

Footler is the pen name of a regular contributor to The Pharmaceutical Journal who writes on non-pharmacy matters that pharmacists might find interesting

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Ginger-snaps

By Ginger-snaps

Ginger-snaps is the pen name of a former contributor to The Pharmaceutical Journal who wrote on non-pharmacy matters that pharmacists might find interesting

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Glow-worm

By Glow-worm

Glow-worm is the pen name of a regular contributor to The Pharmaceutical Journal who writes on non-pharmacy matters that pharmacists might find interesting

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Merlin

By Merlin

Merlin is the pen name of a regular contributor to The Pharmaceutical Journal who writes on non-pharmacy matters that pharmacists might find interesting

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Prospector

By Prospector

Prospector is the pen name of a regular contributor to The Pharmaceutical Journal who writes on non-pharmacy matters that pharmacists might find interesting

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Reflections of an independent prescriber (David Gibson)

By David Gibson

David Gibson is senior clinical pharmacist (medical admission) at Darlington Memorial Hospital. He has been an independent prescriber since July 2007 and is developing his speciality in acute medicine. Outside pharmacy David is a keen climber, fell runner and mountain biker

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Reflections of an independent prescriber (Rachel Hall)

By Rachel Hall

Rachel Hall is a clinical pharmacist managing patients with long-term conditions including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, COPD and asthma and a regular columnist in Clinical Pharmacist

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The War on Bugs

By Kevin Frost

A commentary on life in pharmacy practice, focusing on clinical pharmacy and infection management, from an antibiotics pharmacist in Yorkshire

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Thoughts from within

By Admin Editor

Members of the PJ Publications editorial team offer their own insight into things that have set them thinking

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A little dose of inspiration

By Tracey Dowe

Life doesn’t come with a manual and many of us get off track without realising until it feels too late to do anything about it. Tracey Dowe — a pharmacist and life coach — offers some timely advice.

Accola

By Accola

Accola is the pen name of a regular contributor to The Pharmaceutical Journal who writes on non-pharmacy matters that pharmacists might find interesting

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Applying health systems analysis to pharmacy policy

By Darrin Baines

If you wish for a wider perspective on pharmacy policy, this blog is for you. Employing ideas from economics, biology, management and many other fields, the pros and cons of current government policy for your profession are explored by its author, Darrin Baines

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