by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Oct 6, 2011 | Blog, Pharmacy Suppliers
With the introduction of the New Medicines Service (NMS) last week, the Government have demonstrated their belief that it is worth paying pharmacists to personally interact on a structured basis with patients who are newly prescribed medicines in 4 defined clinical...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Oct 4, 2011 | Blog, Pharmacy Suppliers
The reasons given for the present consultation on GDP across Europe are: that it has been a long time since European GDP had been reviewed and that the situation regarding Counterfeit medicines needs to be reviewed. Reason 1. Ok, it has been a long time and a review...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Oct 4, 2011 | Blog, Pharmacy Suppliers
I have written before about the implications upon RPs from the current EU consultation exercise on GDP. There are other implications of the consultation, if it is implemented, concerning for example the Quality Systems operated by Wholesale dealers. At present in the...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Sep 6, 2011 | Blog, Pharmacy Suppliers
We can all learn from the differences between the way that pharmacy is practised in other countries. But not that many pharmacists get the opportunity to work abroad or to study how their profession earns a living elsewhere. Early in my career I worked in a Germany...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Sep 6, 2011 | Blog, Pharmacy Suppliers
There is a well established and government encouraged trend for GPs to work together in larger groups and to work in purpose designed modern premises. Developments of such scale almost inevitably involve property developers. Property developers and pharmacists are not...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Sep 6, 2011 | Blog, Pharmacy Suppliers
Since my article on this subject last month, the ABPI (The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry) have unsurprisingly now weighed into the subject debate by defending their member companies who they say have taken “many additional steps to ensure...
