James Tibbs from award-winning AR Pharmacy in Totton talks to us about how his business got through the Covid crisis, why he's getting ready for the flu season even at the height of summer and his exciting plans for the future. Also mask refuseniks, Russian interference and pharmacy ministers (again).

Pharmacy Magazine: In Conversation With - Shadow Pharmacy Minister, Alex Norris MP by Communications International Group

Features an exclusive interview with shadow health minister Alex Norris MP. Hailing community pharmacy as the big success story of the Covid crisis, he talks candidly about the sector's failing financial model, unrealised potential and hub & spoke. His message to the Government: mess with a trusted and adaptable network at your peril. Also – the CIG editors discuss the past week's events in pharmacy

The CIG editors discuss inclusion and diversity, the Society's finances and early reaction to the Wright review. Plus amazing pharmacy support staff, recognising outstanding practice – and is that a golden sky at the end of a storm? Interview with Oxfordshire pharmacy owner Stuart Gale.

In a Talking Pharmacy podcast exclusive, we talk to Professor David Wright about his review into contractor representation and support, published today (June 19). It's radical, far-reaching and would represent the biggest shakeup in contractor politics for decades. The CIG editors pick over the proposals and give their verdict. Plus a new deal for pharmacy in Wales, dexamethasone and goal-line technology.

We chat to Ali Sparkes, owner of The Health Dispensary in Neath, South Wales, about coping with Covid and mental health. Plus antibody testing in Jersey, what's next for the pharmacy flu vaccination service, the power of Love Island – and football's back!

James Wood from Community Pharmacy Surrey & Sussex gives a local view of the Covid crisis, highlighting the tremendous work of contractors but also with an eye to the future. Plus a rant about Hancock, politicians with no trousers and some brilliant original music.

RPS president Sandra Gidley tells the Pharmacy Magazine Talking Covid podcast how the Society has led from the front during the pandemic and addresses the question – where does pharmacy go from here? Also script switching, testing tribulations, chloroquine and Barnard Castle.

The CIG editors discuss the findings from the latest Coping with Covid survey and consider the performance of the pharmacy bodies during the crisis. Plus novice novel writing, Covid hair cuts and Welsh hymn singing. Interview with Danielle Hunt from Pharmacist Support

The ramifications of the Government's belated but welcome U-turn on including pharmacists in its death in service scheme are debated in this week's Pharmacy Magazine Talking Covid podcast, as the CIG editors ask – how could ministers have initially got it so badly wrong? Plus a blow for working conditions in pharmacy, naked German doctors, who'd be a medical advisor for Trump and some poetry. This week's view from the front line: Alliance Healthcare's Julian Mount