Advertising Prescription Only Medicines (POM): Do you know the rules?
Are you advertising Prescription Only Medicines (POM) utilising a prescribing service? Do you know it is illegal to advertise a POM?
Chief Pharmacist New standards as of January
The GPhC has released new standards for the Chief Pharmacist in January 2025. Have you read them? This blog summarises the standards provided. Find them in their entirety here.
Common trends from GPhC inspections carried out in 2024
Now we have started 2025, this blog highlights the common trends identified from GPhC inspections carried out in 2024.
Distance Selling Pharmacies
The GPhC has issued new guidance for distance selling and online pharmacies which came into effect in February 2025.
Pharmacy First
Over the past few years there has been a vast change in the Community Pharmacy landscape. Following a 5 year period of flat funding and increasing running costs there has been an increasing number of pharmacies closing their doors permanently, with 1400 closing since 2017.
Brexit – Is it done?
At various points over the last few years we have heard the cry of ‘let’s just get Brexit done’. Given that it is over 8 years since the public vote, it would be good to think we are somewhere near closing out the loose ends.