by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jun 11, 2012 | Blog, Pharmacy Suppliers
A recent article in PME has confirmed that patients who elect to receive compliance support messages via text on average improved their compliance levels to prescribed medication by around 10% compared to similar patients who did not elect to receive such text...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jun 11, 2012 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Suppliers
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) are calling upon pharmacists to support a current campaign to help patients manage their heart medication better. The campaign is called “just like that” and is to be fronted by the face of comedian Tommy Cooper who died...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jun 11, 2012 | Blog, Community Pharmacy
Even when your minor relocation is approved by your Local PCT your probelms may not be over. A client of mine had received, as expected, PCT approval to relocate his pharmacy from what had over the years become a very secondary shopping street, about 400m to a new...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | May 3, 2012 | Blog, Community Pharmacy
According to the C&D, as many as 20% of pharmacists could be considering moving their business into a health centre over the next 5 years based upon a survey by Lloyds TSB. Pharmacy Consulting Ltd (PCL) have been involved in various projects in which pharmacies...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | May 3, 2012 | Blog, Community Pharmacy
The impact of expected Category M clawbacks, plus the inevitable increase in a myriad of other financial pressures in a recessionary environment is likely to lead to the further eroding profit margins this year particularly for independent pharmacies.With all the...