by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Dec 12, 2013 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Regulation
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...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Dec 11, 2013 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation
Of course everyone has their own opinion of the health system here in the United Kingdom and where it could be improved, what else should be funded and where the system lets its patients down. Almost all of us take an idealistic view where healthcare to the public...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Dec 11, 2013 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation
We recently debated the concept of zero hour employment contracts in the workplace and thought it may be time to do some further research. On a very quick search, we have found that the use of zero hour contracts is growing fast and tends to be favoured by large...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Dec 11, 2013 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Pharmacy Suppliers
www.equipnet.com is an online auction house offering for sale used manufacturing equipment. The December 12 auction includes over 200 items of processing, packaging and facility support equipment. In this case, the equipment was originally used by Bayer and other...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jun 13, 2013 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Suppliers
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...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jun 13, 2013 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy
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...
