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Community Pharmacy update – January 2014
What do ‘Who do you think we are. What do you think we do?’ (Pharmacy Voice) ,’Call to Action’ (NHS England), and ‘Now or Never’ Royal Pharmaceutical Society have in common? Simply, they state that Pharmacy is an underused resource for the NHS, that patients and...
Fridges – Pharmacy & Wholesaling
You may have just purchased or need to purchase a new fridge suitable for pharmacy or wholesaling. Here are some tips to help settle in the new fridge and get the most out of your new piece of equipment. Tips and hints to settle in your new fridge Remove all...
Public Health – Pharmacy Staff
The National Clinical Assessment Service back in 2009 scoped the health concerns and issues facing pharmacists. Their research found that many pharmacists felt that their health concerns were a direct result of their job and that on occasions ill health had led to...
Public Health – Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing
One area of public health that does not get too much press is children’s mental health. We have all heard and read about initiatives to help dementia sufferers and many of us have signed up to be a dementia friend. But we also need to focus on the other end of the...
Selling your pharmacy? Some tips to consider
Welcome to our first post for 2014! The New Year brings its challenges and opportunities for all and some business owner may be looking to sell their pharmacy. Here's some thoughts for consideration if you're thinking of selling: 1. Price Current market rates are...
New Drug Driving offense to affect packaging
Licensed medicines such as morphine, amphetamine and some benzodiazepines will need to review their packaging to comply with new laws being introduced in 2014. A new liability offence concerning drug driving will come into effect in the summer of 2014. The new...
Alliance Boots moves down under
Pharmacy news from down under last week was an announcement made by Sigma Pharmaceuticals who launched an “exclusive product partnership” with Alliance Boots for the Boots Laboratories skincare portfolio. In a community pharmacy market where dispensary margins are...
Genetic Testing – are you interested?
Link here to another interesting article about genetic testing company 23andme and their current battle with the FDA in the United States. 23andme had been provided customers with ancestry-related data and genetic data along with commentary about any possible...
Jail time for US doctor
In reading industry journals and associated press we often come across a number of interesting articles relating to healthcare, pharmacy and wholesaling. Many are simply basic news stories about foreign cases and practices. What they do provide us with however is a...
The future of Community Pharmacy
It’s December 2013 and NHS England has launched its Call to Action on community pharmacy by asking all those involved in healthcare their view on the future of the sector and the industry outlook. It will be interesting to see the results and the proposed outcomes...
Distance Selling premises applications – Regulation 25
Distance Selling, E-Pharmacy, Online Pharmacy – they’re all the same! And they require an approved application under Regulation 25 for a new contract to be granted. Applications under Regulation 25 remain an exempt application and therefore assuming you can provide...
Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment – PNAs
Under the old system, one of the final task of the now defunct PCTs was to complete a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment for the relevant local areas. These PNAs now play a critical part in the determination of market entry applications and are used in determining both...