by Thomas Currie | Oct 7, 2022 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Distance Selling Pharmacy, Pharmacy, Pharmacy Suppliers
The New Medicine Service (NMS) was introduced on the 1st October 2011 with the aim to offer advice and guidance for patients with long term conditions who are prescribed new medicines. The service is provided for free by the NHS in your local pharmacy.
by Sehar Shahid | Sep 13, 2022 | Blog, NHS, Pharmacist, Pharmacy, Pharmacy Suppliers
With the very sad passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, plans are underway for arrangements for primary care services ahead of her funeral on Monday the 19th of September …
by Sandeep Lyall | Oct 10, 2018 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Suppliers
The life-saving adrenaline auto-injectors, Epipen, are still unavailable for the public due to manufacturing issues. This is a serious issue that could affect one’s life. Mylan, the manufacturer, had explained the delay was due to ‘interruptions in the production of...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jul 31, 2017 | Blog, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers
Changes often bring surprises and they need to be risk assessed. This new guidance is in direct conflict with what I have told patients for the thirty years that I have been qualified. When I first qualified the message was pre-printed on labels which we religiously...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Apr 3, 2017 | Blog, GPhC, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation
EMVO launched an online portal for pharmaceutical companies that can on-board over the next two years in plenty time for the February 2019 deadline. EMVO offers guidance documents for potential on-boarders. Manufacturers and parallel distributors are encouraged to...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 1, 2017 | Blog, Business, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Brands, pharmacy business development, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation
The Government is considering merging the nine regulators into one, which would be responsible for registering all healthcare professionals and carrying out disciplinary procedures. There are also rumours of the GMC and NMC merging and Pharmacists, Dentists and...
