by Ryan Watts | Nov 23, 2015 | Blog
The use of licensed medicines maximises patient safety while minimising liability, but there are occasions when an unlicensed or off-label medicine is prescribed and dispensed. High attention payed to (ULM) Unlicensed Medicines in the UK. Recently £1 million worth of...
by Ryan Watts | Nov 17, 2015 | Blog
All patients have the right to choose where they get their medicines from. NHS England are launching a campaign to promote this message. This comes in response to some pharmacists and GP’s seeking to inappropriately influence which pharmacies dispense a patient’s...
by Ryan Watts | Nov 17, 2015 | Blog
Are you aware that from 1 September 2015, England, Scotland and Wales became the first countries in the world to offer babies a vaccine against meningitis and septicaemia caused by meningococcal B infection as part of a national immunisation programme? This has led to...
by Ryan Watts | Nov 5, 2015 | Blog
Validation, qualification and calibration are not just one-off activities. They must be carried out on an on-going basis if a facility’s development, operation and maintenance are going to continue to meet all regulatory requirements. Validation involves the...
by Ryan Watts | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog
Please ensure your chaperones are trained as they may be called upon to do any of the following ……. Providing emotional comfort and reassurance to patients To assist in the examination, for example carrying out blood pressure checks or blood tests To act as an...
