by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jul 19, 2015 | Analyisis, Blog, Business, Community Pharmacy, Regulation
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) are aiming to remove unnecessary duplication in assessing therapeutic goods in Australia where they have been approved elsewhere in the world. New assessment protocols will allow changes to streamline the process and use...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jul 19, 2015 | Analyisis, Blog, Business, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Brands
News made it here to Australia over the 700 job cuts imposed within the Boots head office and support network noting that the job cuts will not be coming from within any retail locations. This news follows the Boots merger with US chain Walgreens and whilst not...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jul 19, 2015 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Distance Selling Pharmacy, GPhC, NHS, Pharmacist, SOPs, Training
Just a quick example from South Australia of real-life pharmacy best practice. A Adelaide doctor has been facing court over allegations of forged prescriptions for both Stilnox and Tramadol. Pharmacy staff alerted the police after concerns over the suspicious scripts...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jul 19, 2015 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, GPhC, MHRA, Pharmacist, pharmacy business development, Regulation
A leading substance abuse researcher in Australia believes that as long as it is illegal to sell e-cigarettes containing nicotine in Australia the constraint places researchers and smokers in a difficult situation. University of Queensland (UQ) Professor Wayne Hall,...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jul 19, 2015 | Analyisis, Blog, Business, Community Pharmacy, GPhC, Pharmacist, Regulation
The community pharmacy industry remains heavily regulated in Australia as most of us in the industry believe it should be. In every case, rules are there for a reason and though we know the rules sometimes some of us simply ignore them. Here in Australia, the...
