by Ryan Watts | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog
Changes agreed to the community pharmacy contractual framework in September 2014 included amendment of the clinical audit and patient safety incident reporting requirements. The amended requirements will be detailed in an updated version of the PSNC and NHS Employers...
by Ryan Watts | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog
If your patient has inadvertently registered with another pharmacy, having been sent a promotional leaflet by another pharmacy what can you do ? Offer to assist them in undoing that (nomination for EPS can be reset on the patient’s request and you can assist...
by Ryan Watts | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog
Frequently we are asked to review distance selling pharmacy applications and often the author has included charging the customer for their delivery in their SOPs or their business plan. This is not allowed, as pharmacies are not permitted to charge for the delivery of...
by Ryan Watts | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog
Have you been told, often by your finance department that you must prepare for a new computer system? If so please ensure you raise a change control form and carry out a robust risk assessment . All too often the implementation does not run to plan and the results can...
by Ryan Watts | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog, WDA(H), WDA(H)
What does a WDA holder have to qualify & validate ? Their processes, procedures, equipment, packaging, transport, service providers etc. They have to calibrate equipment and temperature data loggers , balances etc. Validation, qualification and...
by Ryan Watts | Oct 9, 2015 | Blog, RP
Outsourcing should be considered in small and large organisation where where an expert third party is more effective and economical. The alternative is to employ and train in-house experts or retrain existing team members. Quality Expertise can be sought in diverse...
by Ryan Watts | Oct 6, 2015 | Blog
The Health and Social Care (Safety and Equality) Act 2015 introduced a new legal duty for Health and adult Social Care bodies to share information where this could facilitate the care of the individual. There is a requirement for organisations to use a consistent...
by Ryan Watts | Oct 5, 2015 | Blog, Pharmacist
Pharmaceutical Care is a term that has been evolving for a couple of decades now. In 1990 Hepler and Strand first defined the term as “the responsible provision of drug therapy for the purpose of achieving definite outcomes that improve a patient’s quality of...
by Ryan Watts | Sep 30, 2015 | Blog
Devices law suits in the USA – Litigation costs are rising. – Provision for litigation should be made in every device manufactures budget especially if they trade in the USA. A large devices manufacturer of ostomy, continence, urology, and wound and skin care...
by Ryan Watts | Sep 28, 2015 | Blog
The traditional Gold Standard method of monitoring clinical trials involved on-site monitoring with 100% Source Data Verification (SDV) where Clinical Research Associates checked every data point of information reported. This may have been doable in the past when...
