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Online Pharmacy/Internet Pharmacy/Distance Selling Pharmacy
Internet Pharmacy seems to be the buzz! Online Pharmacy, Internet Pharmacy, Distance Selling Pharmacy; all common terms in pharmacy in the UK and so very popular right now. Under current NHS England regulations, the Distance Selling contract remains an exempt...
Practice Leaflet for NHS Services
As part of a recent project, I spent some time looking at community pharmacies in a particular area of London. Some areas I particularly focused on was the the level of customer service, the range of services available and the availability of a practice leaflet. In...
Training – Responsible Person (RP) & Good Distribution Practice (GDP)
It is quite a common occurrence to receive a call from a new client enquiring about how to obtain a Wholesale Dealer's License or WDL. First of all, I advise politely that the terminology has now changed to a Wholesale Distribution Authorisation or WDA(H) but either...
Wholesale Licences (WL)
Do you want to have one? Is it worth the cost and effort? If you would like more information please contact [email protected] for an informal discussion. Or you may want to find out more about GDP and the Roles and Responsibilities of a” MHRA RP “? The...
CQC
Are your surgeries applying for CQC registration? Do they need help with the application or SOPs or to prepare for their inspections? Do they need help with their staff training? If you want to get involved and are not sure what is involved, talk to Pharmacy...
Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry Report
Why does it take a group of patients and carers “CURE” under the lead of Julie Bailey, to hold the Regulators and, The Government to account. A plethora of healthcare professionals, were involved and many must have been aware of the poor quality of care. Do you; turn...
Personal Health Budgets
Norman Lamb, Care and Support Minister, has launched a consultation to gather views on how personal health budgets should be rolled out across the country. Make sure you have your say ….. Personal health budgets should give patients more control over the treatment...
Medicines optimisation briefing for asthma
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has published a briefing on medicines optimisation which focuses on asthma. The briefing encourages pharmacists to enquire about the patient’s experience, appropriateness of the medicine and the safety and effectiveness of the...
Validation of Pharmacy Consulting GDP training
This week we were out visiting some clients and one pharmacist told us: “You will be glad to know that in my position as a pharmacy advisor, I have taken on board all you said about cold chain storage and I have ordered new fridges for my client! I have also bought a...
Contract RPs – Power to affect positive changes and better compliance
As RPs, we have always been aware of the importance of using our training, visits and audits to effect positive changes in the practices of our wholesalers. It is important to make people feel as comfortable as possible during our visits so that they speak openly. We...
New proposal for the regulation of medical devices in Europe
Following the aftermath of the PIP scandal where industrial silicone was found to have been, fraudulently, used in the manufacture of breast implants, combined with some other high profile device failures, the European Commission, on the 26th September 2012, released...
Buying Vitamins on-line
After reviewing some websites that sell vitamins I am astonished at the medical claims being made by many of these sites. If there is a medical claim made then the vitamin may find itself re-classed as a medicine! There are sites selling herbal equivalents of the...