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Unlicensed Medicines

by | Nov 23, 2015 | Blog

The use of licensed medicines maximises patient safety while minimising liability, but there are occasions when an unlicensed or off-label medicine is prescribed and dispensed. High attention payed to (ULM) Unlicensed Medicines in the UK. Recently £1 million worth of...

Your Prescription: Your choice

by | Nov 17, 2015 | Blog

All patients have the right to choose where they get their medicines from. NHS England are launching a campaign to promote this message. This comes in response to some pharmacists and GP’s seeking to inappropriately influence which pharmacies dispense a patient’s...

Prophylactic paracetamol

by | Nov 17, 2015 | Blog

Are you aware that from 1 September 2015, England, Scotland and Wales became the first countries in the world to offer babies a vaccine against meningitis and septicaemia caused by meningococcal B infection as part of a national immunisation programme? This has led to...

Validation, qualification and calibration

by | Nov 5, 2015 | Blog

Validation, qualification and calibration are not just one-off activities. They must be carried out on an on-going basis if a facility’s development, operation and maintenance are going to continue to meet all regulatory requirements. Validation involves the...

What do Chaperones do?

by | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog

Please ensure your chaperones are trained as they may be called upon to do any of the following …….   Providing emotional comfort and reassurance to patients To assist in the examination, for example carrying out blood pressure checks or blood tests To act as an...

Where do I look for changes in Clinical Governance?

by | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog

Changes agreed to the community pharmacy contractual framework in September 2014 included amendment of the clinical audit and patient safety incident reporting requirements. The amended requirements will be detailed in an updated version of the PSNC and NHS Employers...