by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jan 2, 2019 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Pharmacy Brands
In this day and age we would hope that medical research and clinical trials would be tightly controlled and effective. In 1994, Altman stated that we should be appalled at the money wasted in shoddy medical research where the sample size was too small to be...
by Dean Tinklin | Aug 17, 2018 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, RP, Training
Despite the MHRA’s guidance note 6 there is a lack of a clearly defined and standardised route into becoming a trained, experienced, and effective Responsible Person (RP), and consequently the MHRA are now placing a greater emphasis on the suitability of a licence holder’s RP, perhaps in an attempt to ensure that all roads eventually lead to the same destination or to gradually develop and define the necessary route, or maybe both…
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jun 7, 2018 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Business, Community Pharmacy
Pharmacist locum rates have been under pressure for some time and it is quite an established fact that they have been falling for some time now…
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jun 1, 2018 | Analyisis, Behind the scenes, Blog, Brexit, Business, GDP/RP
Changes to the way data is held and processed are now in place since the adoption of GDPR legislation which came into force on the 25th May. Unless you have been living on a desert island somewhere, you could hardly have failed to notice this given the plethora of...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | May 8, 2018 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Falsified Medicines, Uncategorized
The sun is shining and it is around this time of year that people wish to start on a ‘fast fix’ diet, ready for the summer months. We get pulled in by the super models on the runway and celebs on the front of the magazines. Lose 21lbs in a month? who wouldn’t want to...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 9, 2018 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy
Elsie Hooper (1879-1969), a pioneer for female pharmacists in the early 1900’s is being celebrated on International Women’s Day 2018. On 17th June 1911, a small group of female pharmacists joined the Women’s Coronation Procession – alongside these pharmacists where a...
