by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jul 19, 2015 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, GPhC, NHS, Pharmacist, Regulation
For the time being, the pill will remain as a ‘prescription only’ item here in Australia. This comes after a recent review undertaken by the Advisory Committee on Medicines Scheduling (ACMS). Whilst the possibility of moving the pill to an over the counter medicine...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jul 17, 2015 | Blog, Business, Community Pharmacy, Consultancy, Distance Selling Pharmacy, GPhC, Licence Acquisition, NHS, Pharmacist, pharmacy business development, PNA, Regulation, setting up a pharmacy business
The GPhC consider a pharmacy professional fit to practice when they can demonstrate the skills, knowledge, character and health required to do their job safely and effectively. They describe fitness to practice as a person’s suitability to be on the register without...
by Ryan Watts | Jul 1, 2015 | Analyisis, Behind the scenes, Blog, Business, Distance Selling Pharmacy, EudraGMDP, External Audit, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, GPhC, MHRA, Pharmacy Suppliers, Quality Systems, Regulation, SOPs, Transportation
In a recent case a supplier of biologically active products for clinical trials was reported to the HSE for not supplying Safety Data Sheets (SDS) to their client. Under the CHIP or Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2002, suppliers...
by Ryan Watts | Jun 18, 2015 | Analyisis, Blog, Business, Consultancy, Distance Selling Pharmacy, GPhC, Licence Acquisition, MHRA, Pharmacist, pharmacy business development, Regulation
As more and more of us are going online to purchase medicines there has been a worldwide growth in the number of internet pharmacies selling counterfeit (falsified) medicines. Oftensuch medicines are...
by Ryan Watts | Jun 12, 2015 | Analyisis, Behind the scenes, Blog, Bona Fides, Business, Consultancy, EudraGMDP, Falsified Medicines, GDP/RP, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, Licence Acquisition, Open Courses, pharmacy business development, Regulation, RP, SOPs, Training, WDA(H), WDA(H)
Yesterday I had a call from a distraught pharmacist who desperately wanted to know how to go about growing his new pharmaceutical wholesaling venture which he had set up with a friend. Our conversation went as follows: Caller: “We have applied for a MHRA...
by John Finey | Jun 4, 2015 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Business, Consultancy, EudraGMDP, GDP/RP, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, Licence Acquisition, MHRA, pharmacy business development, Pharmacy Suppliers, Quality Systems, Regulation, Training, WDA(H), WDA(H)
For pretty much the whole of the last six months the team at PCL have been trying to make headway with certain issues thrown up by the EU Guidelines on GDP for Medicinal Products for Human Use (5th Nov 2013). On face value it is hugely helpful that there are common...
by John Finey | Jun 2, 2015 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacist, public speaking, Uncategorized
Whilst not the best English Scholar (just scraped through Lang’ and Lit’ O’levels) I seem to be getting increasingly grumpy about current trends with language. Years ago trends and fashions we dictated by music, whether it was Mods and Rockers in the ‘60s or punks the...
by Ryan Watts | Jun 2, 2015 | Blog, Bona Fides, Business, Consultancy, Falsified Medicines, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, MHRA, Pharmacy Suppliers, Quality Systems, Regulation, RP, SOPs, Training, Uncategorized, WDA(H), WDA(H)
In the developing countries, poor healthcare infrastructure and a high demand for medicines has led to a proliferation of criminal gangs specialising in the counterfeiting of drugs. In the UK there have been several incidents of falsified medicines entering the NHS...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | May 26, 2015 | Analyisis, Blog, Business, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacist
As the government and community pharmacy industry now have a “letter of intent” in regards to the Sixth Community Pharmacy Agreement it is time for the other health professions to take their shot. Whilst we are continually hearing the pressure that doctors, nurses...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | May 26, 2015 | Analyisis, Blog, Business, Pharmacy Suppliers
Bayer is the most recent winner of the reputation stakes according to a survey conducted by The Reputation Institute. The German company has maintained its position at the top for the fourth year in a row. Roche, Abbot, Lilly and GSK in that order followed Bayer....
