by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Nov 29, 2016 | Blog, Brexit, NHS
So, there we have it! Another NHS crisis looming afore us. As reported by the Chief Executive of NHS Providers, Chris Hopson, “We are in the middle of the longest and deepest financial squeeze in NHS history with four years of much lower funding increases on the...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Oct 31, 2016 | Blog, NHS, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Brands, pharmacy business development, Pharmacy Suppliers
NHS England has outsourced the management of pharmacy applications to several providers. This is not an easy process to outsource and NHS England has a legal responsibility to do it, and delegating it to companies like Capita without checking if they fully understand...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Oct 31, 2016 | Blog, NHS, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Brands, pharmacy business development, Pharmacy Suppliers
In April 2016, NHS England confirmed it would fund a further 1,500 pharmacists to work alongside GPs. Some CCGs now plan manage their patient’s repeats and take then away from the local pharmacies. Now we are about to see pharmacy payments slashed and clinical...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Oct 31, 2016 | Blog, NHS, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Brands, pharmacy business development, Pharmacy Suppliers
Pharmacists and Physios have been working in GP surgeries now for over a year and the aim is to relieve pressure on the GPs so they have time for the more complicated patients. How is the segregation of patients carried out in practice and how are going to measure...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Oct 31, 2016 | Blog, NHS, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Brands, pharmacy business development, Pharmacy Suppliers
Quality Payments can be claimed at the end of April 2017 and again at the end of November 2017. The April payments will be made at the end of June, beginning of July. Do you meet the criteria? First steps are as follows: You must offer at least one advanced service...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Oct 21, 2016 | Blog, NHS
Mr Mowat laid out the plans in the House of Commons today and he insisted the government “appreciates the value” of the pharmacy sector. But he stressed the current system does not do enough to “promote efficiency or...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Oct 18, 2016 | Blog, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Brands, pharmacy business development, Pharmacy Suppliers
What are the hidden costs to scrapping a pharmacy repeat dispensing service? There will pressure on the overstretched surgery staff! Trying to get through on the phone to a surgery now is bad enough but if every person who forgets to put his repeat slip in on time to...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Oct 18, 2016 | Blog, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Brands, pharmacy business development, Pharmacy Suppliers
Is your pharmacy at risk by the proposed funding cuts? Can you survive a proposed 12% funding cut? Have you looked at your figures? The C +D have reported a leaked government document which suggests that only 1,380 pharmacy sites out of 11,674 in England will...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Oct 18, 2016 | Blog, CQC
Care Quality Commission aims to maximise patient outcomes by optimising the effectiveness and safety of medicine use in registered service providers registered providers. The aim of CQC when it comes to medicine management is getting the best treatment possible for...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Oct 18, 2016 | Blog, Pharmacist
Are you customer-facing empathetic and focussed on “Dispensing, Responding to Symptoms and Service Development? Or do you want to be the triage for doctors and nurses, their front line in the surgery? Some pharmacists are best placed where medicines are developed,...
