by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 12, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands
Calling all Pharmacy owners, or potential new owners- are you stuck in your ways? Are you planning for future pharmacies or to carry on regardless? Do you listen to your customers? When did you last look at your business plan and really question it? Where do your...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 12, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation
The MHRA has released ten more places for their “The Quality of Medicines –Future Evolution “on the 9th of April at Westminster Abbey. This conference will address GMP requirements for GMP QC laboratories and it will also present tools for an efficient and effective...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 11, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation
Many CCGs have not implemented the new Nice Guidance on IVF. NICE has advised that IVF should be offered to single women and same sex couples and to women up to the age of 42. Some CCGs such as NHS Lancaster North CCG has rejected the new guidance and has added new...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 11, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Regulation
Has this affected you or your patients or family yet? Some CCGs have introduced new referral gateways, tightened thresholds or added triage systems to further screen patients and restrict the number of patients being sent to secondary care. How is this being...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 11, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Regulation
CQC and The National Audit Office are bearing their teeth and are reporting on private providers who are over stating their performance, not delivering against their quality KPIs , are often understaffed and not providing an open and honest culture conducive to safe...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 11, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation
The new code has just been published in its new yellow livery, its main aim is to set a robust framework of standards for the provision of information to healthcare professionals, prescribers, patients and the public to ensure that the information provided is of...
