by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | May 10, 2014 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Regulation
What are special measures and how do NHS TDA Monitor and CQC work together? What will happen when NHS TDA and Monitor place a trust in “Special measures”? CQC, through their chief inspector may recommend that a Trust is placed in special measures if they have evidence...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | May 2, 2014 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands
It seems 2014 will be the year of GPhC inspections for many pharmacies across the UK. Many of you may have impending inspections with many more to follow. We’ve had a number of pharmacists contact us recently about the inspection process, what to expect and...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | May 1, 2014 | Blog, Community Pharmacy
So you want to open a pharmacy? To be your own boss. Do you know which location you would like? Which rule will you apply under? Have you read the relevant PNA? And what does it say? An NHS contracted pharmacy cannot simply be opened; you have to apply. And you have...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Apr 25, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation
Following on from news of the Co-Op’s decision to sell of its 750 pharmacies, Chemist & Druggist reported that a private consortium has raised approximately £40 m of the targeted £60 m required to commence their negotiations with the group. Whilst the group...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Apr 25, 2014 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation
As advisors to medicine wholesalers and pharmacies, we concern ourselves with maintaining the integrity of the supply chain. We stress the importance of being wary of falsified medicines and the pitfalls to look out for. Why is this product so cheap? Why is such a...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Apr 16, 2014 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation
One of the main changes seen in the recently issued European Commission Guidelines on Good Distribution Practices for medicines for human use (2013/C 343/01) is the emphasis on validating the entire supply chain to ensure that products that are temperature sensitive...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Apr 16, 2014 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation
There you are, a Team Leader/Manager, with a full workload for the day, deadlines to meet, goods to get out the door, orders to process, sales to make and you get a notification of an audit! Either internal or external, they appear to get in the way of what you need...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Apr 13, 2014 | Blog, Community Pharmacy
Devices fail for many reasons, the problem is becoming ever more serious and new guidelines are imminent to try to reduce the failure rate and number of recalls we are currently experiencing. Below re just a few things that may lead to a medical device failures...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Apr 13, 2014 | Blog, Community Pharmacy
Come on all you proactive pharmacists the time has come to engage and collaborate with your CCG and local GPs. NHS England is looking for new and novel ways of working that put patients first. Did you get the change to read the following by Dr Mike Bewick, Deputy...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Apr 13, 2014 | Blog, Community Pharmacy
The monitored dosage system (MDS) or sometimes known as multi-compartment compliance aids versus original pack dispensing what do you think or more importantly what do your patients think. I tend to side with original packs for several reasons the first and foremost...
