by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 3, 2015 | Blog
Undertaking the audit on emergency supplies is a contractual requirement. If a pharmacy does not undertake the audit it is a breach of their contractual responsibilities. The aims of the audit are to understand the reasons behind patients requesting/requiring...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 24, 2015 | Community Pharmacy
The new contractual requirement for community pharmacy contractors and their teams to advise appropriate patients about the benefits of the NHS repeat dispensing service will commence from March 2015. The service can free up time for GP practices; provide a more...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 24, 2015 | Distance Selling Pharmacy
Many people feel that the best chance they have of starting their own pharmacy business is to open a Distance Selling Pharmacy (DSP) and I would agree, but is that about to change?? As things stand DSP are exempt from the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) ie you...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 12, 2015 | CQC
The new care regulations – called the fundamental standards – will take effect from April, and so it is important that providers across the country know the sorts of things that they can do to make sure they are meeting them and also, how the CQC will use their new...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 12, 2015 | Bona Fides
A man has been given a 4 month prison sentence at Southwark Crown Court, suspended for 2 years, for the sale and supply of unlicensed erectile dysfunction drug! If you sell illegal unlicensed medicines you are endangering public health and the MHRA will actively seek...
