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Community pharmacy contracts and PNAs
Now that the consultation period on the proposed change of pharmacy contract applications to the new Pharmacy Needs Assessments (PNA's) basis has passed, we must all wait to see how much of the proposals will be implemented and when. Also, there is no clear statement...
Internet ONLY pharmacy?
**** 2014 UPDATE **** Reading this old blog, I cannot help but consider what a great concept this was. Unfortunately, it didn't work and ended in the worst possible way. Funnily enough, people still ask us how do they make internet pharmacies work or even do...
The Specific mechanism (Importing medicines from newer EU countries)
When 10 additional member states joined the EU in 2004, the Pharma Industry successfully pressed for and obtained the insertion of a "specific mechanism" in the Accession Treaty governing the entry of the new members states into the EU, concerning medicines exports...
Medicines adherence
Another new year, another new year for Pharma to grasp the opportunity to work more closely with pharmacy to develop adherence enhancing activities that benefit patients, Pharma and pharmacists, but will it begin to happen in 2012? Evidence suggest that the degree of...
Internet pharmacy
Now that the largest two GP prescribing software system suppliers have just recently been given national roll out authority for the Electronic Prescription System Release 2 (EPSR2), it seems reasonable to expect to see Electronic prescribing really get going this...
Electronic prescribing- EPS R2
After what feels like an eternity of waiting, the two largest GP software system providers now have national roll-out authority for their software, so the rate of deployment of EPS R2 by GPs is bound to increase over the coming months. Most pharmacy software...
100 Hour pharmacies – transitional arrangements
It looks likely that the current DOH consultation on control of entry will conclude that all exemptions except distance selling pharmacies will be removed. The closing date for comments and observations to be made on the consultation is 25th January 2012, after which...
On line information on medicines
A Research company (Manhattan Research) have just published the results of a survey of just over 3000 adults in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain who were already interested in on-line health information, about their attitudes to on-line information on...
New Medicines Service -parallel in Holland
If progress in Holland is anything to go by, the the NMS here in England should do well. This is because for several years already, Dutch pharmacists speak with all patients who are prescribed a new medicine, on the presentation at the pharmacy of the first two...
Concordance with medicine taking
At last with the introduction of the New Medicines Service (NMS) the Department of Health have shown confidence ion pharmacist's ability to add value for patients prescribed a new medicine in 4 important therapeutic areas. It is to be hoped that most community...
How the UK pharmacy and healthcare system compares with other European Countries
I want to thank you again for your successful presentation made in London to our Pharma Group Europe conference. Your detailed explanations for all the delegates were extremely interesting and enlightening. Our international participants from Germany, Austria,...
Wholesale dealers licenses – EU Consultation
As I have mentioned before the EU are currently consulting on updating the Good Distribution Practice guidelines across Europe. Having attended an MHRA training day in London recently, it is evident to me that there are a several areas where Wholesale Dealers and...