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The reality of pharmacy ownership in Australia
In Australia pharmacy ownership is unique. You must be a pharmacist to own a pharmacy and the Pharmacy Guild, a member organisation of pharmacy owners, negotiates directly with the Government for the way pharmacies are remunerated. This is the model we know in...
Travel Clinic
Travel medicine has evolved out of a need to keep the traveler safe and healthy without destroying the joy of travelling. Health professionals including pharmacists, GP’s and nurses are well placed to ensure that the traveler is well informed about the health risks...
The Price of QUALITY
When speaking to one of our wholesaler clients last week, I was reminded of the real cost of conforming to the regulations that govern the pharmaceutical warehousing (and manufacturing) industries in this country. Making time to spend on quality-related tasks can seem...
The Role of the Pharmacist
Again in Australia where the Federal Minister for Health has publicly stated she would like to see the skills and training of pharmacists utilised beyond the current usage levels. The argument here being that by expanding the role of the pharmacist beyond traditional...
Homeopathy vs Placebo?
Greetings and welcome back; must I say I am happy to be aback on the PCL blog rotation. Some recently published pharmacy related news from Australia shows a set of research conducted by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has concluded there is...
Marine sector medicinal distribution – calling all chandleries
Do you store medicinal First Aid Kits or Seasickness Tablets? Do you have a storage site that service your chandleries? Do you supply life rafts? Do you know if there are any medicines in the rafts? Do you know you require authorisation to distribute medicine? ...
Why so Angry all the Time?
Is it me or are we getting angrier? Actually thinking about it, it’s probably more accurate to say more irritable and less able to control that irritation. Crime figures and other related statistics seem to show that we are becoming a less aggressive society...
Warm and Fuzzy
It’s Red Nose Day and today is a day to be genuinely proud to be British. Last year’s Sport Relief raised £71.8m, that’s almost exactly £1 for every man, woman and child in the country, pretty amazing considering we are just emerging from one of the deepest and...
Information Governance Update
NHS England has confirmed that community pharmacies will be granted an exemption from the business continuity requirements within the Information Governance (IG) Toolkit. The exemption will apply for 2014/15, but not for next year. Contractors will still need to...
Transport validation master plan do you know your routes?
Have you considered how you are going to validate your supply chain to prevent the falsification of medicines? Have considered how you are going to evidence the validation? From Kali boxes to pallet reefers the market for temperature controlled shipments is vast. Not...
The new Generation – Technology in the Pharmaceutical sector
Did you know the number of Mobile phones is now higher than computers? 79% of Smart phone users use their mobile to make purchasing decisions, 50 % of these will make a purchase within an hour in comparison to the average of a month on a desktop. 64% of internet...
CQC Update
CQC is introducing new registration application and registration variation forms for providers! The new forms have been developed to take account of the changes to regulations from 1 April, including the introduction of the fundamental standards. They will also...