Jail time for US doctor

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Dec 23, 2013 | Blog, Community Pharmacy

In reading industry journals and associated press we often come across a number of interesting articles relating to healthcare, pharmacy and wholesaling.  Many are simply basic news stories about foreign cases and practices.  What they do provide us with however is a...

The future of Community Pharmacy

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Dec 19, 2013 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Regulation

It’s December 2013 and NHS England has launched its Call to Action on community pharmacy by asking all those involved in healthcare their view on the future of the sector and the industry outlook. It will be interesting to see the results and the proposed outcomes...

Distance Selling premises applications – Regulation 25

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Dec 12, 2013 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands

Distance Selling, E-Pharmacy, Online Pharmacy – they’re all the same! And they require an approved application under Regulation 25 for a new contract to be granted. Applications under Regulation 25 remain an exempt application and therefore assuming you can provide...

Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment – PNAs

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Dec 12, 2013 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Regulation

Under the old system, one of the final task of the now defunct PCTs was to complete a Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment for the relevant local areas.  These PNAs now play a critical part in the determination of market entry applications and are used in determining both...

Market Entry applications to NHS England

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Dec 12, 2013 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands

Pharmacy Consulting have had a recent increase in the number of calls made to our offices about pharmacy contracts and the potential to: Obtain a new pharmacy contract Relocate an existing contract Apply to alter core trading hours Apply for an exempt Distance Selling...

UK health system vs the world

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Dec 11, 2013 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation

Of course everyone has their own opinion of the health system here in the United Kingdom and where it could be improved, what else should be funded and where the system lets its patients down.  Almost all of us take an idealistic view where healthcare to the public...

Your HR Policy – Zero-Hours contracts

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Dec 11, 2013 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation

We recently debated the concept of zero hour employment contracts in the workplace and thought it may be time to do some further research. On a very quick search, we have found that the use of zero hour contracts is growing fast and tends to be favoured by large...

Online Auction – Processing, Packaging & Facility Support Equipment

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Dec 11, 2013 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Pharmacy Suppliers

www.equipnet.com is an online auction house offering for sale used manufacturing equipment.  The December 12 auction includes over 200 items of processing, packaging and facility support equipment.  In this case, the equipment was originally used by Bayer and other...

Community Pharmacy – Premises Inspection

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Dec 6, 2013 | Blog, Community Pharmacy

Pharmacies will now be inspected against the Standards for Registered Premises, published in September 2012. http://www.pharmacyregulation.org/sites/default/files/Standards%20for%20registered%20pharmacies%20September%202012.pdf The purpose of these standards is to...

2014 PPRS

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Nov 28, 2013 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Regulation

2014 PPRS – An Overview The Department of Health has stated: “The new scheme will provide assurance on almost all of the branded medicines bill for the NHS. The bill will stay flat over the next two years and will grow slowly after that. The industry will make...