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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...
PSNC- News Alert
Pharmacy services – COPD screening
Community Pharmacists are well able to identify people at risk of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease at an early stage. More than half of people screened by pharmacies were identified at high risk of COPD. Throughout 2012 and 2013 the pilot screening finding was...
What system should you use to measure the risks in your business? What system should you use for your risk assessments?
The new GDP guidelines on distributing medicines which are the regulations you must adhere to as a wholesale distributor use the word RISK 27 times. As a wholesale distributor you must access all risks within your business. The easiest way to complete this task is to...
What is Risk? Have you risk assessed your business?
For every business the element of risk is all around you. From the warehouse operative operating a fork lift truck to the receptionist ascending the stairs to her desk. Every day we as human beings identify, assess and control risk with every action taken. From making...
Identity Checks
Over the years there have been a number of warnings issued by the MHRA that inform organisations to be alert to callers impersonating their staff (the latest of these being the 1th February, 2015). Although these warnings are specific to the impersonation of MHRA...
Are you ready to be an Authorised Wholesale Distributor (WDA- holder)
All the wholesale distributors acting in the EU must maintain a quality setting out of responsibility, processes and risk management relating with their business following the last reviewed guidelines. The new Guidelines of 5 November 2013 on Good Distribution...
Are you ready for the new CQC Fundamental Standards?
The new care regulations – called the fundamental standards – will take effect from April, and so it is important that providers across the country know the sorts of things that they can do to make sure they are meeting them and also, how the CQC will use their new...
Don’t bury your head in the sand- check your supplier bona fides!!!
A man has been given a 4 month prison sentence at Southwark Crown Court, suspended for 2 years, for the sale and supply of unlicensed erectile dysfunction drug! If you sell illegal unlicensed medicines you are endangering public health and the MHRA will actively seek...