by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 1, 2017 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Distance Selling Pharmacy, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Brands, pharmacy business development, Pharmacy Suppliers
If you’re bored with community pharmacy and need a new challenge why not consider enrolling on an independent prescriber course? Models of care are changing. Pharmacists have a chance now to be more involved in the clinical management of patients, for their care...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 1, 2017 | Blog, Falsified Medicines, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Brands, pharmacy business development, Pharmacy Suppliers
From 2018, all codeine containing products will be prescription only. This decision is not fully supported by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. It is hoped that there will still be access to pain relief in a timely manner at an affordable price and the...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 21, 2017 | Blog, CQC, Distance Selling Pharmacy, Falsified Medicines, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, GPhC, MHRA, NHS, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Quality Systems, Regulation, Training
It is well known that if you tell patients what the side effects of their medicines are then they are much better at complying with the dosage regime. During all consultations, your clinical decisions and patient feedback needs. It should not come as a surprise...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 21, 2017 | Blog, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, MHRA, Quality Systems, Regulation, RP, SOPs, WDA(H)
Risk Assessments and Self-audits should cover the whole of your GDP activities during the year. It is best to plan and ensure that you also conduct at least a couple of process audits. Prior to conducting risk assessments, you should look for evidence and discuss with...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 21, 2017 | Blog, Distance Selling Pharmacy, Falsified Medicines, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, MHRA, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation, Transportation
AAH have announced that they a new fleet of temperature controlled vans. They are transit vans and they have had them converted by Coolkit. They can transport cold chain products in the cold area where temperatures are held between 2°C – 8°C and non-cold chain...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog, Export Training, MHRA, Regulation, RP, Training, Transportation, WDA(H)
The MHRA inspectors have said that they are now focusing on the transport of medicines, and that more “Majors and Criticals” will be issued if UK wholesalers are not compliant. RPs have had over 3 years now to affect the changed required by current GDP guidelines. RPs...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog, Brexit
Brexit what effect will it have on your Team? Companies are already reviewing their team and looking at their skill set and training. Some companies are using it as an excuse to cull their headcount, or to move roles out of the UK already. It has acted as a...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog, NHS
NHS patients are to be diagnosed by” Chatbots “in North London as a trail. Patients are to type in their symptoms and the new Babylon app will do the rest! The medical profession is raising concerns that the patients might miss describe their symptoms and the chatbots...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog
APBI is pushing the government to secure “Continued regulatory co-operation and alignment with the EU for medicines” it is in the interests of the citizens UK, EU, and also product quality to maintain the pan European standards that have been developed over many...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 20, 2017 | Blog
The Royal College of Surgeons has announced that they have established at voluntary register of surgeons who are qualified in cosmetic surgery and this can be accessed by patients. To be included on the list the surgeons must have attended a masterclass on ethics and...
