by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 13, 2017 | Blog, Bona Fides, Consultancy, CQC, Distance Selling Pharmacy, EudraGMDP, Falsified Medicines, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, GPhC, MHRA, Pharmacist, Quality Systems, Regulation, setting up a pharmacy business, SOPs, WDA(H), WDA(H)
What is the risk of not meeting you suppliers and customers face to face? Call me old fashioned but I like to know who I am dealing with. I like to see the white of their eye, their premises, their procedures. With Valentine’s Day, fast approaching sweethearts are...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Aug 10, 2015 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Distance Selling Pharmacy, GPhC, Pharmacist, SOPs
The program to return unwanted medicines to community pharmacies in Australia has been given approval for a further 3 year period. The program will continue to collect and dispose the returned medicines along with an analysis of the items and the research into why...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jul 19, 2015 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Distance Selling Pharmacy, GPhC, NHS, Pharmacist, SOPs, Training
Just a quick example from South Australia of real-life pharmacy best practice. A Adelaide doctor has been facing court over allegations of forged prescriptions for both Stilnox and Tramadol. Pharmacy staff alerted the police after concerns over the suspicious scripts...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jul 19, 2015 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, GPhC, MHRA, Pharmacist, pharmacy business development, Regulation
A leading substance abuse researcher in Australia believes that as long as it is illegal to sell e-cigarettes containing nicotine in Australia the constraint places researchers and smokers in a difficult situation. University of Queensland (UQ) Professor Wayne Hall,...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jul 19, 2015 | Analyisis, Blog, Business, Community Pharmacy, GPhC, Pharmacist, Regulation
The community pharmacy industry remains heavily regulated in Australia as most of us in the industry believe it should be. In every case, rules are there for a reason and though we know the rules sometimes some of us simply ignore them. Here in Australia, the...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jul 19, 2015 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, GPhC, NHS, Pharmacist, Regulation
For the time being, the pill will remain as a ‘prescription only’ item here in Australia. This comes after a recent review undertaken by the Advisory Committee on Medicines Scheduling (ACMS). Whilst the possibility of moving the pill to an over the counter medicine...
