by Brian Lindsay | Feb 28, 2020 | Blog
A few years ago, I submitted a blog about Mesothelioma, an aggressive cancer that is typically caused by the inhalation or ingestion of microscopic asbestos fibres – and how this was being contracted by people exposed to those asbestos fibres years, in fact, decades, later. Furthermore, I tried to explain how it’s used in the construction industry had been negligently prolonged, the numbers of people affected, and its non-curable devastation. Mesothelioma, and related Asbestos-linked conditions, were supposed to reach a peak in 2020, so I wanted to see what progress has been made in treatment, awareness and compensation. I was quite surprised by what I found.
by Suzanne Hayes | Feb 24, 2020 | Blog
The professional Standards Authority (PSA) have said that they have concerns over ‘transparency and fairness’ of some of the GPhC’s fitness to practice processes.
by Suzanne Hayes | Feb 24, 2020 | Blog
The Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) came into effect on 9th February 2019 and has been EU law for over 12 months.
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 10, 2020 | Blog
With much of China now in lockdown, the latest strain of Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, now confirmed to have spread to 19 countries around the world it can be seen that to fight a global threat to Public Health
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 10, 2020 | Blog
In recent studies, a link between depression and dementia has been identified.
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 10, 2020 | Blog
Pharmacists and wholesalers should be monitoring their sales of Loperamide as it can be abused…
by Kimberley Peck | Feb 5, 2020 | Blog
Enter the cosmetic world, a world filled with exemptions and clarifications to the CQC (Care Quality Commission) to establish if your cosmetic treatments do or do not fall under Regulated Activity. Does the category of Laser you currently use fall under the CQC regulations? Have you checked? Do you know what requirements you will need to fulfil to be a CQC provider?
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jan 27, 2020 | Blog, Brexit
As the UK leaves the EU, the European Medicines Agency and the European Commission are working to align EU member states and to help them deal with similar problems.
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jan 27, 2020 | Blog
A proud Survitec liferaft team who originally packed a raft in September 2000 in Dunmurry in Belfast…
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jan 27, 2020 | Blog
A security firm has identified several vulnerabilities in certain GE Healthcare clinical information centre workstations and telemetry servers, that may allow an attacker to remotely take control of some of their medical devices to interfere with the function of patient monitors connected to these devices. This information was announced by the FDA.
