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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...
£8.60, too much?
Controversial from the start, prescription charges were introduced in 1952, abolished in 1965 and then reintroduced in 1968 with a system of exemptions that persists in modified form today. The charge itself has risen from 20p in 1979 to the current price of £8.60 per...
Is your pharmacy secure?
If you wholesale you will be familiar with the MHRA, asking you for the contract with your alarm company and asking you how often the alarm is tested. How you prevent unauthorised access into your warehouse. Why does GPhC not ask similar questions about your Pharmacy?...
CQC – Do you need to register your pharmacy services?
Pharmacy is exempt, I here you say, well in the past we were, but as we start to develop new services this is often not the case. If a pharmacy starts to provide services such as “Treatment of disease and disorder or injury “as defined in schedule 1 of the Health and...
Can we speed up drug regulators without affecting patient safety?
The US Food and Drug Administration gets drugs to the market faster than other major regulators but it is still too slow. Can approvals be achieved quicker without affecting patient safety? Companies can take years to submit their...
Temperature mapping
Autumn is knocking on our doorstep. Winter temperature mapping will be essential soon. Need help with mapping your warehouse or your fleet? Experienced in many years of quality control we can provide you 2 or 3 point calibrated data loggers (hire or purchase) and help...
Have you had your refresher GDP training?
When did you have your last GDP training? Check your training folder. Make sure you and your staff are GDP competent. Should you have your or your staff annual refresher GDP training as guidelines changing and we can provide you up-to-date information on latest...