Surprisingly the Information Governance guidelines and workbook do not make significant comments upon pharmacy data back-up, other than to guide pharmacists to ensure that any data taken away or sent away from a pharmacy is encrypted and also remains within the UK....

It was widely expected that the exemptions to control of entry introduced in 2005 would cease on April 1st 2011, with the introduction of Pharmacy Needs Assessments (PNAs). At the last minute however the DOH decided not to implement PNAs and to temporarily leave the...

Exempt pharmacy contract applications include the following types of pharmacies: 100 hours, Internet, One Stop and pharmacies in large Shopping Centres The above categories of contract application are by definition exempt from the normal requirement for an applicant...