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...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 11, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation
The afternoon of the 24th of February was well spent with the spectacular view of stormy clouds over London’s roof tops to my left hand side out across London from the 5th floor of the MHRA Headquarters, and key MHRA personnel delivering key messages from the podium....
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 5, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Regulation
As part of a recent project, I spent some time looking at community pharmacies in a particular area of London. Some areas I particularly focused on was the the level of customer service, the range of services available and the availability of a practice leaflet. In...
