24/7 Complete prescription pick up on your doorstep ?

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Oct 9, 2013 | Blog, Community Pharmacy

What  would you think if  a prescription ATM full of  complete repeat medication popped up in your GP surgery or at the post  office or in your local supermarket, would you trust it ? Would you  use it ? No more  queuing at the pharmacy  counter waiting for to be told...

http://eudragmp.ema.europa.eu- One EU database ! Easy bona fides checks!

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Oct 9, 2013 | Blog

EUDRAGMDP  will replace the existing EUDRAGMP database  which  holds Good Manufacturing Practice certificates and details of the medicinal product manufacturers. It  will also be expanded to include wholesalers and certificates of Good Distribution Practice. This...

Directive 2011/62/EU- new definition of “introduced” medicines.

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Oct 9, 2013 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Suppliers

Directive 2011/62/EU, has introduced a new definition of  ” Introduced ” medicines. These are medicines which are to  be imported into  a EU Member state solely for the purpose of exporting  again to a third country  with no intention of  them being placed...

The Falsified Medicine Directive – aligns the MHRA issued licences with standard document being brought into use across the EU.

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Oct 9, 2013 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Suppliers

  We are currently in the ” Frieze Period ” announced by the MHRA  where no variations to licences will be dealt with  while the MHRA prepare to “cut over”  from the old style  licence to the new  format  which will  bring us into line...

Reminder: only 1 week until The Pharmacy Show

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

Don’t forget to Jackie Peck’s presentation at his year’s Pharmacy Show. Jackie will be presenting: ‘New ideas to optimise your dispensing process’ which is scheduled for 2.45 pm on Monday September 30.  The presentation is part of the Pharmacy Business...

Looking to buy a pharmacy?

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Sep 16, 2013 | Blog, Community Pharmacy

So you want to be a business owner and you’ve decided you want to run your own pharmacy. Do you know what’s on the market? Who to contact? And how do you assess business value? What do you do? It is a daunting task to buy a pharmacy and the end outcome is...

Introducing our newest author on the blog!

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Sep 16, 2013 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Suppliers

Firstly, to all the readers of this welcome to the blog and I hope you enjoy the content I will be preparing for you.  My name is Antony Boonen and I am new to Pharmacy Consulting and new to the blog.  I have relocated from Australia where I spent the last 8 years...

(2013/C 68/01) – what does it mean to you?

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Sep 11, 2013 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Suppliers

** 2014 Update ** After being present at a number of MHRA inspections since these guidelines came in, PCL have had a number of calls from wholesalers who have been suspended for trade or whose inspection results weren’t great. PCL can help you audit your current...

A future for Community Pharmacy

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Sep 11, 2013 | Blog, Community Pharmacy

It is an interesting landscape for the industry right now.  The smaller strip pharmacy is becoming an endangered species as the larger retail driven pharmacies continue to evolve.  We know in our own dealings as the customer that we continually expect more for less. ...

Is mobile technology going to help deliver QIPP size savings?

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Sep 7, 2013 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Suppliers

Just as Pharmacy is catching up with relatively old robotic technology  for their dispensaries and ditching  tablet counters. Blue-tooth wireless mobile technology  has advanced, and has  been incorporated  into miniature integrated medical devices.For example...