by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 4, 2014 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Regulation
Norman Lamb, Care and Support Minister, has launched a consultation to gather views on how personal health budgets should be rolled out across the country. Make sure you have your say ….. Personal health budgets should give patients more control over the treatment...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 14, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers
This week we were out visiting some clients and one pharmacist told us: “You will be glad to know that in my position as a pharmacy advisor, I have taken on board all you said about cold chain storage and I have ordered new fridges for my client! I have also bought a...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 12, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation
Following the aftermath of the PIP scandal where industrial silicone was found to have been, fraudulently, used in the manufacture of breast implants, combined with some other high profile device failures, the European Commission, on the 26th September 2012, released...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 12, 2014 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers
After reviewing some websites that sell vitamins I am astonished at the medical claims being made by many of these sites. If there is a medical claim made then the vitamin may find itself re-classed as a medicine! There are sites selling herbal equivalents of the...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jan 6, 2014 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers
You may have just purchased or need to purchase a new fridge suitable for pharmacy or wholesaling. Here are some tips to help settle in the new fridge and get the most out of your new piece of equipment. Tips and hints to settle in your new fridge Remove all...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jan 6, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Regulation
The National Clinical Assessment Service back in 2009 scoped the health concerns and issues facing pharmacists. Their research found that many pharmacists felt that their health concerns were a direct result of their job and that on occasions ill health had led to...
