by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | May 26, 2015 | Blog, Business, Community Pharmacy, Distance Selling Pharmacy, pharmacy business development, Regulation, setting up a pharmacy business
One question we get asked time and time again with regard to Distance Selling Pharmacies is can you provide Enhanced and Advanced services from the premises? The answer is yes! But……. Although distance-selling pharmacies may provide advanced and/or enhanced services...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Apr 28, 2015 | Distance Selling Pharmacy, PNA
Despite the exception from the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) for new Distance Selling Pharmacy contracts, the application process is a tricky one and unless every detail is thought through you could be opening yourself up to representations being made against...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Apr 13, 2015 | Distance Selling Pharmacy
With community pharmacy contracts being so difficult to get, more and more people are considering the distance selling pharmacy (DSP) model. At the moment these contracts are except from the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) i.e. you do not have to prove a need....
by Ryan Watts | Mar 27, 2015 | Distance Selling Pharmacy
What you must do must provide the full range of essential services during opening hours to all persons in England presenting prescriptions; cannot provide essential services face to face; must have a responsible pharmacist in charge of the business at the premises...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 24, 2015 | Distance Selling Pharmacy
Many people feel that the best chance they have of starting their own pharmacy business is to open a Distance Selling Pharmacy (DSP) and I would agree, but is that about to change?? As things stand DSP are exempt from the Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) ie you...
by Ryan Watts | Feb 24, 2015 | Distance Selling Pharmacy
You may have heard the easiest way to get an NHS contract is applying for a Distance Selling Model, as you only have to prove that you are going to carry out the essential services and the contract is yours….. This in essence is true however, proving that you can...
