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Outsourced Activity
Product quality is the responsibility of all parties involved in the development, manufacturing, testing, packaging, distribution and regulation of materials that make up the clinical or commercial drug product. “outsourced should be appropriately defined, agreed and...
Iran
As of January 2016, the EU voted to lift certain restrictions and trade embargoes on Iran. Whilst pharmaceuticals and other items related to health were not heavily restricted, it has resulted in more business opportunities in the Iranian markets. So, what do...
Humidity & GDP
Whilst the EU GDP Guidelines do not specify exactly what humidity controls should be in place, the general answer received by the regulatory bodies is check the product requirements. As a point that is being brought up more frequently in inspections it is such a...
GDP training: Face to Face versus Online Training
Recently I was asked to audit a pharma warehouse where nearly all the staff had undergone a ‘comprehensive’ online GDP Training course. I asked to see the notes provided and yes, it was rather comprehensive and filled with useful information. The certificates...
Staff shortages in the NHS: Has Brexit Helped?
So, there we have it! Another NHS crisis looming afore us. As reported by the Chief Executive of NHS Providers, Chris Hopson, “We are in the middle of the longest and deepest financial squeeze in NHS history with four years of much lower funding increases on the...
Are you waiting for news of a new pharmacy applications? Is it delayed?
NHS England has outsourced the management of pharmacy applications to several providers. This is not an easy process to outsource and NHS England has a legal responsibility to do it, and delegating it to companies like Capita without checking if they fully understand...
Are you a clinical practice pharmacists? Do you manage your surgery repeats as part of what you do?
In April 2016, NHS England confirmed it would fund a further 1,500 pharmacists to work alongside GPs. Some CCGs now plan manage their patient’s repeats and take then away from the local pharmacies. Now we are about to see pharmacy payments slashed and clinical...
How will NHS England monitor the effects of their changes?
Pharmacists and Physios have been working in GP surgeries now for over a year and the aim is to relieve pressure on the GPs so they have time for the more complicated patients. How is the segregation of patients carried out in practice and how are going to measure...
Quality Payment Scheme, Quality Points do mean prizes for Pharmacy in the future!
Quality Payments can be claimed at the end of April 2017 and again at the end of November 2017. The April payments will be made at the end of June, beginning of July. Do you meet the criteria? First steps are as follows: You must offer at least one advanced service...
Establishment payments will start their free fall in December of this year and will eventually be discontinued.
Mr Mowat laid out the plans in the House of Commons today and he insisted the government "appreciates the value" of the pharmacy sector. But he stressed the current system does not do enough to "promote efficiency or quality". The plan is that...
Repeat dispensing to be taken from Pharmacy
What are the hidden costs to scrapping a pharmacy repeat dispensing service? There will pressure on the overstretched surgery staff! Trying to get through on the phone to a surgery now is bad enough but if every person who forgets to put his repeat slip in on time to...
Establishment Payments will be a thing of the past!
Is your pharmacy at risk by the proposed funding cuts? Can you survive a proposed 12% funding cut? Have you looked at your figures? The C +D have reported a leaked government document which suggests that only 1,380 pharmacy sites out of 11,674 in England will...