Are there Concerns Over the GPhC’s Fitness to Practice Processes?
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.
Is your Pharmacy fully compliant with FMD legislation?
The Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) came into effect on 9th February 2019 and has been EU law for over 12 months.
Coronavirus 2019-nCoV – 4 confirmed cases reported in the UK.
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
Depression and Dementia
In recent studies, a link between depression and dementia has been identified.
Are you monitoring your Loperamide Sales?
Pharmacists and wholesalers should be monitoring their sales of Loperamide as it can be abused…
Calling all Cosmetic providers? Common concerns identified in CQC inspections that should come as a warning to all!
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?
Leaving the EU will impact on UK medicine supply chain shortages.
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.
Liferaft Traceability
A proud Survitec liferaft team who originally packed a raft in September 2000 in Dunmurry in Belfast…
FDA warns of potential weakness in GE Healthcare cybersecurity
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.
The Chief Medical Officer for England and Public Health England have issued guidance for the management of patients who may present with Wuhan Novel Coronavirus symptoms.
There have been reported cases in China of respiratory infections caused by a novel coronavirus, currently, there are no confirmed cases in the UK.