by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 16, 2015 | Blog
Again in Australia where the Federal Minister for Health has publicly stated she would like to see the skills and training of pharmacists utilised beyond the current usage levels. The argument here being that by expanding the role of the pharmacist beyond traditional...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 16, 2015 | Blog
Greetings and welcome back; must I say I am happy to be aback on the PCL blog rotation. Some recently published pharmacy related news from Australia shows a set of research conducted by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has concluded there is...
by Kimberley Peck | Mar 15, 2015 | WDA(H)
Do you store medicinal First Aid Kits or Seasickness Tablets? Do you have a storage site that service your chandleries? Do you supply life rafts? Do you know if there are any medicines in the rafts? Do you know you require authorisation to distribute medicine? ...
by John Finey | Mar 13, 2015 | Blog
Is it me or are we getting angrier? Actually thinking about it, it’s probably more accurate to say more irritable and less able to control that irritation. Crime figures and other related statistics seem to show that we are becoming a less aggressive society...
by John Finey | Mar 13, 2015 | Blog
It’s Red Nose Day and today is a day to be genuinely proud to be British. Last year’s Sport Relief raised £71.8m, that’s almost exactly £1 for every man, woman and child in the country, pretty amazing considering we are just emerging from one of the deepest and...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 10, 2015 | Community Pharmacy
NHS England has confirmed that community pharmacies will be granted an exemption from the business continuity requirements within the Information Governance (IG) Toolkit. The exemption will apply for 2014/15, but not for next year. Contractors will still need to...
by Kimberley Peck | Mar 4, 2015 | Transportation
Have you considered how you are going to validate your supply chain to prevent the falsification of medicines? Have considered how you are going to evidence the validation? From Kali boxes to pallet reefers the market for temperature controlled shipments is vast. Not...
by Kimberley Peck | Mar 4, 2015 | Blog
Did you know the number of Mobile phones is now higher than computers? 79% of Smart phone users use their mobile to make purchasing decisions, 50 % of these will make a purchase within an hour in comparison to the average of a month on a desktop. 64% of internet...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 3, 2015 | CQC
CQC is introducing new registration application and registration variation forms for providers! The new forms have been developed to take account of the changes to regulations from 1 April, including the introduction of the fundamental standards. They will also...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 3, 2015 | Blog
Undertaking the audit on emergency supplies is a contractual requirement. If a pharmacy does not undertake the audit it is a breach of their contractual responsibilities. The aims of the audit are to understand the reasons behind patients requesting/requiring...
