by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | May 11, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation
If you’re applying for a new Wholesale Distribution Authorisation – WDA(H) – you will need to have a Responsible Person or RP registered to the Authorisation. This person needs to be approved and registered by the MHRA. As a new wholesaler you can...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | May 11, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers
Adjective: Genuine; real. Adverb: Without intention to deceive. Noun: Good faith; absence of fraud It is a crazy world, in the last year I have been asked during training ….what is a bona fides? How do you check a suppliers bona fides? We go into great detail...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | May 10, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands
So you’ve decide to apply to open an internet pharmacy and you’ve read the application form and it seems simple enough. I mean people send you prescriptions in the mail or via ETP2, you dispense and you send it out via mail or courier. It’s not a...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | May 10, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation
What do you do with your old SOPs? Do you have space to store them in your office? Do you archive them? Do you have staff who work from home or in other countries? Do you save them digitally or in paper form? I am old enough to remember “Punch Cards “and “Microfiche”...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | May 2, 2014 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands
It seems 2014 will be the year of GPhC inspections for many pharmacies across the UK. Many of you may have impending inspections with many more to follow. We’ve had a number of pharmacists contact us recently about the inspection process, what to expect and...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Apr 25, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation
Following on from news of the Co-Op’s decision to sell of its 750 pharmacies, Chemist & Druggist reported that a private consortium has raised approximately £40 m of the targeted £60 m required to commence their negotiations with the group. Whilst the group...
