by Ryan Watts | Apr 6, 2016 | Blog
SUDEP Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy kills more people in the US than house fires yet people live alone and often have no warning of the pending seizure. One in twenty six people in the united states have epilepsy at a stage in their lives, yet m ost people with...
by Ryan Watts | Mar 30, 2016 | Blog
Shipping to long distance with courier company? Do you know what is happening to your product during the shipment? Do you know the route they using? Well known company so you trust them… Please don`t! Assure yourself by signing a Technical Agreement. If it is...
by Ryan Watts | Mar 30, 2016 | Blog
It is nearly the end of the contractual year! Are you ready? If you are a NHS Contractor we hope; You have finished your Community Pharmacy Patient Questionnaires (CPPQ) and have published the results for your patient to see. Ensure it is in a prominent position...
by Ryan Watts | Mar 30, 2016 | Blog
Summary Care Records (SCR) are the next big thing in terms of improved patient care and pharmacy efficiency. Having worked in both Community and Hospital pharmacy sectors this is a very useful tool. NHSE Area teams and the Health & Social Care Information Centre...
by Ryan Watts | Mar 17, 2016 | Blog
There are many rules from the GDP guidelines that one has to follow when dispatching parcels containing pharmaceuticals but here are some additional ideas to help keep your products safe! When testing your packaging, do you ever think of doing ‘drop tests’? Being...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 14, 2016 | Blog
They are not a new trendy band they are designers of new “Smart” clothing. Smart clothing when I was young was a suit you bought for weddings. Today it is likely to be a vest fitted with sensors that you will wear when you exercise to track your vital signs. The...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 14, 2016 | Blog
Will unique device identifiers(UDIs) help to keep patients safe and allow the FDA and European Competent Authorities identify problems with devices faster or are they more use in insurance claims, details held in electronic health records, and device registries? It is...
by Ryan Watts | Mar 8, 2016 | Blog
Calling all pharmacies! Don’t get caught out! Are you supplying products on signed orders without a Wholesale Dealers Authorisation (WDA)? As per MHRA guidance (in Bold) and provided the ‘transactions’ meet all of the following criteria the MHRA will not deem such...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 7, 2016 | Blog
If you have opened a clinic or are delivering services from your pharmacy, dentist or surgery and hired locums or permanent staff to work with your patients, would you consider screening them for any infectious diseases before they start work, or at regular intervals...
by Ryan Watts | Mar 7, 2016 | Blog
Women who are pregnant or are trying to or planning to become pregnant should postpone their non – essential travel to areas where there is active transmission of Zika virus. This includes South and Central America and the Caribbean. [1,2]. This advice is given due to...
