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Contract funding to be settled by this autumn
Contact funding is to be settled this Autumn, Sue Sharp announced at the BAPW conference last week, although she would not comment on the exact details but she was keen to say that the NHS has no more money. There is not going to me lots more money and their...
Patient Service Obligation to help prevent medicine shortages
A public service obligation has been proposed for pharmacists, wholesalers and manufacturers to sign up to, ensuring patients needs are put first to help to combat the time wasting required to ensure continuity of supply and mitigate the risk to patient safety...
BAWP British Association of Pharmacy Wholesalers Conference
Martin Sawyer opened the conference and was keen to let the Government know that they should have chosen the existing medicine wholesalers to manage their anti-viral stock , which would have saved them writing off £74 million pounds worth of stock. UK Medicine...
Validation of your supply chain, have you done it yet?
The clock is ticking and September is looming, have you validated your supply chain yet? If you hold a Wholesale Dealers Licence you will be asked to evidence that your supply chain for both ambient and cold chain are compliant with good distribution practice. We,...
Pulse wave analysis in adults and children, would this be a service you would consider in your pharmacy practice?
Pulse wave analysis (PWA) is a non-invasive, valid, reliable and widely used technique to investigate central blood pressure and arterial stiffness. It has been shown by many studies to produce valid reliable results to assess the vascular health of adults and...
Personal and Workplace Data theft
Hacking of personal data has rocketed since 2010, and it is no longer the lone hacker sitting in his bedroom. The data loss barometer which tracks lost data found that external data leaks affected more than 160 million people in 2012 and this is an increase of 40% on...
100 hour pharmacies, reduced margins and work life balance
Pharmacy over the years has had a greater and greater deterioration in work life balance. 100 hour contracts have made this even worse. Add to this Smart phones, tablets and the instant communication world where instant replies are expected and the stress levels of...
Pharmacy Automation
Well as another year is reaching the longest day the range of robots is increasing in pharmacies in both retail and hospital environments. ARX and their partners CareFusion and more recently Video System have lead the way in the UK. The SMART robot has created an...
A&E Simulation training using robot SIMAN
Simulation training is being carried out in many locations and it is growing, traditionally mannequins with no limbs were used for First Aid Training, some more sophisticated ones light up to tell you how well you have carried out your resuscitation. Simulation...
Validation of your supply chain? More “Q”s than “A”s!
The new buzz word. What does it mean? A risk based assessment of the journey of a product? Well what should we do and where to start? The "PIL " and GDP guidelines are often the best place. What are the risks in terms of journey time and starting point and end...
UK has the reputation of being “Easy” when issuing Licences!
We have been approached by several European wholesaler who have asked us to apply for UK WLs for them as we are seen as more lenient than other member states when it comes to issuing WLs. Some countries insist on "RP"s being pharmacists others prevent imports of...
New GDP guidelines published on the 8th of March!
Have you digested all the new regulations? Have you started to put together your QMS ? How do you manage your change control? Does your RP have any training ? Do they keep up to date ? When did they last go to a MHRA conference ? Do you ever have an external audit ?...