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Are you ready for the national audit on emergency supplies?
Undertaking the audit on emergency supplies is a contractual requirement. If a pharmacy does not undertake the audit it is a breach of their contractual responsibilities. The aims of the audit are to understand the reasons behind patients requesting/requiring...
It’s not only the Small Guys who get Aggro
It is not always easy to have much sympathy for the large pharmaceutical companies, with their glass atriums and multi-billion pound turnovers but there does seem to be a common trend to have a go at them at the moment. The reality is that these companies are vital...
Research and Information… Does your diet gives you cancer?
Slowly and agonizingly being consumed by cancer? Cancer proceeds through three stages: initiation, promotion and progression. After reading books, case studies and clinical research I would like to share my point of view in this field. The data that I came across for...
Nothing hinders the efficiency of an organisation like ‘silo mentality’
Definition of ‘silo mentality’: “An attitude found in some organisations that occurs when several departments or groups do not want to share information or knowledge with other individuals within the same organisation.” Similar Terms: Silo Thinking and Silo...
New Contractual requirements on repeat dispensing!
The new contractual requirement for community pharmacy contractors and their teams to advise appropriate patients about the benefits of the NHS repeat dispensing service will commence from March 2015. The service can free up time for GP practices; provide a more...
Considering opening a Distance Selling Pharmacy? Don’t miss the boat!!!
Many people feel that the best chance they have of starting their own pharmacy business is to open a Distance Selling Pharmacy (DSP) and I would agree, but is that about to change?? As things stand DSP are exempt from the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) ie you...
Distance Selling Pharmacy application process??
You may have heard the easiest way to get an NHS contract is applying for a Distance Selling Model, as you only have to prove that you are going to carry out the essential services and the contract is yours….. This in essence is true however, proving that you can...
UK £30m Investment to Tackle Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s can affect any one of us or our relatives at any time, and the result is always devastating to everyone involved. The Alzheimer’s Research Council have announced plans to launch a £30 million drug discovery project to be driven by the Universities of...
You don’t get ought for nought
You want a set of SOPs in preparation for a licence application or in preparation for an audit/inspection , where do you go? The Internet? – well yes there are plenty of SOPs on the internet, indeed a set of one of the biggest retail pharmacy chain’s SOPs can be...
They’re All Talking about Chris!
Who is Chris? I’ll come straight to the point, Chris is a PRAWN SANDWICH and a bit of a media star. Chris is currently doing a tour as an assistant to a series of GDP training courses. Why is Chris involved? Who is the real Chris and why is a prawn sandwich called...
Smoking Decrease, on the Increase
Although smoking rates in Europe are higher than for any other region in the world, the encouraging statistics show a significant improvement in smoking cessation over the last decade (from 2002-2012). In Europe, smoking accounts for 25% of all deaths in men and 7% of...
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