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Cold is coming to town
Get ready for the cold temperature drop. Make sure your premises and fleet are ready to handle the winter conditions. You should have a disaster plan ready in case of any emergency or unplanned event raise. PCL has many years of experience in winter mapping, disaster...
Competence
If you were lucky enough to own a helicopter, would you take it to the local garage for a service as opposed to a helicopter specialist? Given the complexity and the consequences of the job not being done properly my guess is the answer would be no. Similarly I am not...
Reflections on a Summer Past
Looking back over the summer, my recollection is one of pretty cool and damp weather, but records do show that we at least had a few hot days. And with hot days come temperature deviations particularly during transportation and looking back over the deviations from...
MHRA Process Licensing Portal
Do you want to become a WDA holder? Do you need help with the application process? Do you need to add a variation to your licence? Do you need to apply for EU Common Logo for your company? The use of the portal is not simple, but PCL can provide you help with any of...
Who can be a Responsible Person (RP)?
The European GDP Guideline of 5 November 2013 requires that wholesale distributors have to appoint a Responsible Person (RP) for GDP. The RP is responsible for safeguarding product users against potential hazards arising from poor distribution practices. According to...
Is it time to re-evaluate electrical hazards at your place of work?
How safe is your workplace? How would you deal with an electrical injury at your place of work? Although electrical injuries are uncommon they can range from minor skin burns, electrical shocks to life threatening damage to internal organs. When looking at some of the...
Brexit and NHS
The full impact of Brexit may not be known for years to come, but it is clear the implications it has for healthcare in the UK and Europe. A survey of EU doctors by BMA found 42% of EU doctors admitted to considering leaving the UK as a result of the Brexit vote. The...
Are you a Charity? Do you procure, hold, supply, or export medicines? You need to have a wholesale distribution licence (WDA) if you are based in the UK.
You may have been supplied with medicines in the past by suppliers or organisations who sell or donate the medicines to you, however, if you are to ensure the supply chain is compliant and legal you must obtain a WDA. Where do you start? The first thing you need to do...
Why is Pharmacy advice so belittled Is it their fault ?
The huge fuss over a high street pharmacy charging nearly £30s for a morning after pill, when the medicine can be bought for under £6 pounds. What professional provides a fifteen to twenty-minute consultation for less? If you go to an optician even with a voucher it...
What can pharmacy do to help the NHS and their patients?
Never has the time been better for pharmacy to take on more responsibility to help relieve the pressure on the NHS! So why is it not happening We have no voice? Well actually we do have they are the public and more recently the research showing that the pharmacy led...
Flu Vaccination Service 2017 are you ready?
Have you started to provide this years’ Flu Vaccination service can you say you compliant? Do you know what CPSIVAS and NHSCB are? The amended directions were signed on the 29th of August 2017 by Jannette Howe, head of Pharmacy at the Department of health. Did you...
Dermal fillers, POM or not?
Should cosmetic procedures like Dermal fillers be allowed to be performed on patients, without the patient knowing if the person performing it was qualified to do so. Nuffield Council on Bioethics reported on Cosmetic Procedures: Ethical Issues stated, “there is...