by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | May 26, 2015 | Analyisis, Blog, Business, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacist, pharmacy business development, setting up a pharmacy business
The Victorian State Government in Australia has committed $28.7m over the next four years to fund the establishment and running of 20 super pharmacies. The pharmacies will operate 7 days a week 24 hours a day and will employ a nurse to be on hand from 6pm to 10pm for...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | May 26, 2015 | Blog, Community Pharmacy
Where do you go when you need pain relief medication? What is your initial thought? An interesting survey conducted in 2014 by Roy Morgan Research found that 48% of Australian consumers used pharmacies as the most common point of purchase followed by supermarkets at...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | May 26, 2015 | Blog, Business, Community Pharmacy, Distance Selling Pharmacy, pharmacy business development, Regulation, setting up a pharmacy business
One question we get asked time and time again with regard to Distance Selling Pharmacies is can you provide Enhanced and Advanced services from the premises? The answer is yes! But……. Although distance-selling pharmacies may provide advanced and/or enhanced services...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Apr 28, 2015 | Distance Selling Pharmacy, PNA
Despite the exception from the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) for new Distance Selling Pharmacy contracts, the application process is a tricky one and unless every detail is thought through you could be opening yourself up to representations being made against...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Apr 27, 2015 | Blog
So how do you do your bona fides checks on new customers and new suppliers? Do you know where your medicines are being exported to or ending up and what responsibilities do you have? News this week of the FDA sending marshalls into a pharmaceuticals company and...
