by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 31, 2015 | Pharmacist
What do you think? Do you want the Medicines Use Review (MURs) and New Medicine Service (NMS) to become essential services? There is a view that the government may reduce fee to deliver the services over time if they are. The pharmacies with no consultation room may...
by Ryan Watts | Mar 27, 2015 | Distance Selling Pharmacy
What you must do must provide the full range of essential services during opening hours to all persons in England presenting prescriptions; cannot provide essential services face to face; must have a responsible pharmacist in charge of the business at the premises...
by John Finey | Mar 24, 2015 | Blog
In the next few lines I am probably going to show myself up as a bit of a chicken, and certainly demonstrate a dubious taste in ‘music’. I have been reminded over the last couple of days of a ‘song’ (if you have heard it you will know why I have written it as ‘song’)...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 24, 2015 | Training, Transportation
Are the drivers of your logistics company GDP trained if the deliver medicines for you to your customers or to another wholesaler? What would you train them in and why? We recently were asked to deliver training for these important team members. Where did we start? We...
by Ryan Watts | Mar 24, 2015 | Blog, Bona Fides
The roles and responsibilities of the RP is becoming tougher, the roles can be delegated but not the responsibility thus the activities need to be delegated in a very clear and concise way to the team member who is tasked with carrying out the role. The RP must...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 23, 2015 | Blog
The saga continues here in Australia where the Australian Competitor and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has logged an appeal to the Federal Court over their anti-competitive case against Pfizer. This all stems back to early 2012 as the patent for Lipitor, a large market...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 23, 2015 | Blog
It was announced this week that Hepatitis Australia has recommended to the Government to allow community based prescribing and dispensing of Hepatitis C medications. This would mirror the current treatment for people living with HIV and would move these patients into...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 23, 2015 | Blog
In Australia pharmacy ownership is unique. You must be a pharmacist to own a pharmacy and the Pharmacy Guild, a member organisation of pharmacy owners, negotiates directly with the Government for the way pharmacies are remunerated. This is the model we know in...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 19, 2015 | Blog
Travel medicine has evolved out of a need to keep the traveler safe and healthy without destroying the joy of travelling. Health professionals including pharmacists, GP’s and nurses are well placed to ensure that the traveler is well informed about the health risks...
by Ryan Watts | Mar 19, 2015 | Quality Systems
When speaking to one of our wholesaler clients last week, I was reminded of the real cost of conforming to the regulations that govern the pharmaceutical warehousing (and manufacturing) industries in this country. Making time to spend on quality-related tasks can seem...
