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Have you prepared a disaster plan for your business? If you have when did you last review it? Over the last year we have helped some companies through different disasters. One company changed their computer software, which resulted in their parent company...

SUDEP Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy kills more people in the US than house fires yet people live alone and often have no warning of the pending seizure. One in twenty six people in the united states have epilepsy at a stage in their lives, yet m ost people with...

Shipping to long distance with courier company?  Do you know what is happening to your product during the shipment? Do you know the route they using? Well known company so you trust them… Please don`t! Assure yourself by signing a Technical Agreement. If it is...

It is nearly the end of the contractual year! Are you ready? If you are a NHS Contractor we hope; You have finished your Community Pharmacy Patient Questionnaires (CPPQ) and have published the results for your patient to see. Ensure it is in a prominent position...

Summary Care Records (SCR) are the next big thing in terms of improved patient care and pharmacy efficiency. Having worked in both Community and Hospital pharmacy sectors this is a very useful tool. NHSE Area teams and the Health & Social Care Information Centre...

There are many rules from the GDP guidelines that one has to follow when dispatching parcels containing pharmaceuticals but here are some additional ideas to help keep your products safe! When testing your packaging, do you ever think of doing ‘drop tests’? Being...

They are not a new trendy band they are designers of new “Smart” clothing. Smart clothing when I was young was a suit you bought for weddings. Today it is likely to be a vest fitted with sensors that you will wear when you exercise to track your vital signs.  The...

Will unique device identifiers(UDIs) help to keep patients safe and allow the FDA and European Competent Authorities identify problems with devices faster or are they more use in insurance claims, details held in electronic health records, and device registries? It is...

Calling all pharmacies! Don’t get caught out! Are you supplying products on signed orders without a Wholesale Dealers Authorisation (WDA)? As per MHRA guidance (in Bold) and provided the ‘transactions’ meet all of the following criteria the MHRA will not deem such...

If you have opened a clinic or are delivering services from your pharmacy, dentist or surgery and hired locums or permanent staff to work with your patients, would you consider screening them for any infectious diseases before they start work, or at regular intervals...

Women who are pregnant or are trying to or planning to become pregnant should postpone their non – essential travel to areas where there is active transmission of Zika virus. This includes South and Central America and the Caribbean. [1,2]. This advice is given due to...

On our travels, we get to witness the dynamics within larger organisations. The chain of responsibilities and the delegations of tasks and duties. Without a doubt, the requirements to comply with the likes of the MHRA and ISO has brought about a stronger link and...