by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Dec 12, 2013 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Regulation
Under the old system, one of the final task of the now defunct PCTs was to complete a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment for the relevant local areas. These PNAs now play a critical part in the determination of market entry applications and are used in determining both...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Dec 12, 2013 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands
Pharmacy Consulting have had a recent increase in the number of calls made to our offices about pharmacy contracts and the potential to: Obtain a new pharmacy contract Relocate an existing contract Apply to alter core trading hours Apply for an exempt Distance Selling...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Dec 11, 2013 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation
Of course everyone has their own opinion of the health system here in the United Kingdom and where it could be improved, what else should be funded and where the system lets its patients down. Almost all of us take an idealistic view where healthcare to the public...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Dec 11, 2013 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation
We recently debated the concept of zero hour employment contracts in the workplace and thought it may be time to do some further research. On a very quick search, we have found that the use of zero hour contracts is growing fast and tends to be favoured by large...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Dec 6, 2013 | Blog, Community Pharmacy
Pharmacies will now be inspected against the Standards for Registered Premises, published in September 2012. http://www.pharmacyregulation.org/sites/default/files/Standards%20for%20registered%20pharmacies%20September%202012.pdf The purpose of these standards is to...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Nov 28, 2013 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Regulation
2014 PPRS – An Overview The Department of Health has stated: “The new scheme will provide assurance on almost all of the branded medicines bill for the NHS. The bill will stay flat over the next two years and will grow slowly after that. The industry will make...
