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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...
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...