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Come on Pharmacists it is time to collaborate and be innovative.
Come on all you proactive pharmacists the time has come to engage and collaborate with your CCG and local GPs. NHS England is looking for new and novel ways of working that put patients first. Did you get the change to read the following by Dr Mike Bewick, Deputy...
Monitored Dosage Systems (MDS) are they past their sell by date ?
The monitored dosage system (MDS) or sometimes known as multi-compartment compliance aids versus original pack dispensing what do you think or more importantly what do your patients think. I tend to side with original packs for several reasons the first and foremost...
Responsible Person and Good Distribution Practice Training
Pharmacy Consulting run monthly courses in the roles of the Responsible Person and Good Distribution Practice. For anyone involved in, or looking to be involved, a business holding a WDA(H) or the wholesaling of medicines, this training is relevant to you. It is...
Contract Responsible Person (RP)
Are you interested in wholesale dealing? Are you applying to the MHRA? As part of your application for a Wholesale Distribution Authorisation - WDA(H) - you will need to list a Responsible Person or RP on your license. This person will need to be granted RP status by...
Risk Management – are you managing your risk?
Over the recent years we have seen a move towards risk based quality systems with risk being emphasised much more in the new Guidelines for Good Distribution Practices. But what does this mean to you and how do you put it into practice? The thing with risk management...
Drug Discovery and Therapy World Congress 2014
Pharmacy Consulting Managing Director Jackie Peck has recently registered to attend the Drug Discovery and Therapy World Congress 2014 held in Boston, June 16-19, 2014. The organisers have put together the Press Release below for any readers of this blog who may be...
Are you taking on a premises lease?
Taking on a new premises to run your business is not simply a cost but rather an investment. It is just one of the inputs required for you to do business yet it can and will dictate how your business evolves. Choosing the right premises is a big decision and...
Cool Chain Supply System and Solutions 2014
Pharmacy Consulting Limited (PCL) will be presenting at The 3rd Cool Chain Supply System and Solutions 2014 (19–21 March) in Zaventem, Belgium. The symposium will address GDP inspection readiness and the lack of the global regulatory standardisation. Senior GDP and...
Pharmacists can do it all!
Volume 292/7800 of The Pharmaceutical Journal published on March 8, 2014 has a very interesting article about a young member of the Great Britain women's curling team who won a bronze medal at the recent Winter Olympics in Russia. The significance of this being that...
Wholesale Dealer’s License becomes a Wholesale Distribution Authorisation
Previously, once inspected by a Competent Authority and found to be compliant to Good Distribution Practice (GDP) you would be issued with a Wholesale Dealer’s License (WDL). This has now been replaced by a Wholesale Distribution Authorisation (Human) (WDA(H)). What’s...
What is a Self-Inspection or Internal Audit?
If you hold a Wholesale Distribution Authorisation (previously Wholesale Dealer’s Licence) you must have a programme in place for self-inspections. Self-Inspections/Internal Audits are intended to be a tool that enables companies to check their own activities,...
Do you need a Wholesale Distribution Authorisation (previously WDL)?
As part of the new regulations that came into effect last year, a number of companies have needed to review their business model and apply to the MHRA for a Wholesale Distribution Authorisation (previously Wholesale Dealer's License or WDL). There are some...