by Sandeep Lyall | Aug 31, 2017 | Blog, Consultancy, Pharmacist, Regulation
Should cosmetic procedures like Dermal fillers be allowed to be performed on patients, without the patient knowing if the person performing it was qualified to do so. Nuffield Council on Bioethics reported on Cosmetic Procedures: Ethical Issues stated, “there is...
by Sandeep Lyall | Aug 31, 2017 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Regulation
Controversial from the start, prescription charges were introduced in 1952, abolished in 1965 and then reintroduced in 1968 with a system of exemptions that persists in modified form today. The charge itself has risen from 20p in 1979 to the current price of £8.60 per...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Aug 31, 2017 | Blog, Pharmacist, Superintendent Pharmacists
If you wholesale you will be familiar with the MHRA, asking you for the contract with your alarm company and asking you how often the alarm is tested. How you prevent unauthorised access into your warehouse. Why does GPhC not ask similar questions about your Pharmacy?...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Aug 31, 2017 | Blog, CQC
Pharmacy is exempt, I here you say, well in the past we were, but as we start to develop new services this is often not the case. If a pharmacy starts to provide services such as “Treatment of disease and disorder or injury “as defined in schedule 1 of the Health and...
by Sandeep Lyall | Aug 31, 2017 | Blog, Regulation, Uncategorized
The US Food and Drug Administration gets drugs to the market faster than other major regulators but it is still too slow. Can approvals be achieved quicker without affecting patient safety? Companies can take years to submit their...
by Adel Nagy | Aug 22, 2017 | Blog
Autumn is knocking on our doorstep. Winter temperature mapping will be essential soon. Need help with mapping your warehouse or your fleet? Experienced in many years of quality control we can provide you 2 or 3 point calibrated data loggers (hire or purchase) and help...
by Adel Nagy | Aug 22, 2017 | Blog, GDP/RP, Training
When did you have your last GDP training? Check your training folder. Make sure you and your staff are GDP competent. Should you have your or your staff annual refresher GDP training as guidelines changing and we can provide you up-to-date information on latest...
by Sandeep Lyall | Aug 21, 2017 | Blog
Analyses have shown the US Food and Drug Administration gets drugs to the market faster than other major regulators but it is still too slow. Can approvals be achieved quicker without affecting patient safety? Some companies took years to submit their...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Aug 10, 2017 | Blog, Export Training, Training
If you Export from the UK, have you kept up with the current requirements of GDP? Do you know what the MHRA will expect of you at your next inspection? Do you do the following: Use “EXW” Incoterms? Do you check if the products your customer has collected have been...
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...
