Patient Safety- NICE guidelines on Managing Drug Allergies
Startling statistics show that as many as 15% of patients have their hospital stays increased due to adverse drug reactions. Serious drug reactions are increasing and some could be avoided by checking with patients if they are allergic to any medication. At...GPs and Pharmacists must collaborate to provide flu vaccine service
Lets “ Stand together against flu.” I quote from the Sanofi Pasteur advert . I was horrified to read that that GPs in Shropshire and Staffordshire have objected to NHS England local contract team inviting pharmacies to contract to deliver a Pharmacy-led flu...Construction of a GDP Quality Manual
During the course of our work we often find that there is little understanding of what a quality manual is and what should be in it. Simply, the quality manual forms the basis for your quality system and is the ‘what you do’, whereas the SOPs are the...MHRA GDP Inspectorate – Compliance with revised Good Distribution Practice
On the 12th August, 2014, the MHRA GDP Inspectorate issued an e-mail to all Wholesale Distributors regarding their concerns that they are continuing to record a number of major deficiencies where the revised EU Guidelines on Good Distribution Practice have not been...Solas agreements will reduce competition
Celescio have a new Solas agreement! They have pledged to work more closely with manufacturers and believe in a collaborative approach…