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...
by Ryan Watts | Sep 28, 2015 | Blog, NHS
Over the years we have seen the world of pharmacy evolve from that of ‘Dispense and Supply’ to include an ever expanding range of clinical services, (medicines management, local enhanced services such as vascular checks, managing minor ailments and sexual healthcare...
by Ryan Watts | Sep 25, 2015 | Blog, MHRA
Never has the corny old adage “Fail to prepare, prepare to fail” – so glibly used at times – been more wholly appropriate than for the build-up to an MHRA Inspection. It’s a demanding process requiring detailed attention, comprehensive descriptions, staff inclusion...
by Ryan Watts | Sep 9, 2015 | Blog
For years, flu vaccines were designed to protect against three different flu viruses (trivalent). This included two influenza A viruses and one B virus. Experts had to choose one B virus, even though there are two very different lineages of B viruses that both...
by Ryan Watts | Sep 9, 2015 | Blog, NHS
With current and future shortfall in GP and nurse numbers, pharmacists are ideally placed to support their fellow professionals and improve the quality of care for patients. In a joint statement from the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and the Royal...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Aug 10, 2015 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Business, EudraGMDP, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, MHRA, RP, SOPs, WDA(H), WDA(H)
News of the UK move to fund a pilot scheme for some 300 pharmacists to be directly employed by GP surgeries has made it to the Australian community pharmacy press. The idea to help manage long-term conditions and provide ongoing advice to patients using multiple...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Aug 10, 2015 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Distance Selling Pharmacy, GPhC, Pharmacist, SOPs
The program to return unwanted medicines to community pharmacies in Australia has been given approval for a further 3 year period. The program will continue to collect and dispose the returned medicines along with an analysis of the items and the research into why...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Aug 10, 2015 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacist
Researchers at the Harvard Medical School have released some research to show the potential pitfalls of Googling or otherwise seeking advice online relating to medical conditions. The scientists tested 23 online symptom checkers including many brand name sites and...
