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Boots and global pharmacy

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...

Best practice in action

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...

E-Cig laws restrictive to proper research

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,...

Regulations in Australia and real life examples

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...

Oral contraceptive and ongoing scheduling

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jul 19, 2015 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, GPhC, NHS, Pharmacist, Regulation

For the time being, the pill will remain as a ‘prescription only’ item here in Australia.  This comes after a recent review undertaken by the Advisory Committee on Medicines Scheduling (ACMS). Whilst the possibility of moving the pill to an over the counter medicine...
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MHRA Alerts & Recalls

Class 3 Medicines Recall: Aspar Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Ibuprofen 200mg Tablets, Ibucalm 200mg tablets, EL(26)A/07
4 February 2026
Class 2 Medicines Recall: Syri Limited, T/A SyriMed, Baclofen 10mg/5ml Oral Solution, EL(26)A/06
3 February 2026
Field Safety Notices: 26-30 January 2026
2 February 2026
Class 2 Medicines Recall: Accord Healthcare Ltd, Carmustine 100 mg Powder and Solvent for Concentrate for Solution for Infusion (1 vial 100mg powder, 1 vial of 3 mL solvent), EL(26)A/05
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