Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry Report

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 4, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Regulation

Why does it take a group of patients and carers “CURE” under the lead of Julie Bailey, to hold the Regulators and, The Government to account. A plethora of healthcare professionals, were involved and many must have been aware of the poor quality of care. Do you; turn...

Personal Health Budgets

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 4, 2014 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Regulation

Norman Lamb, Care and Support Minister, has launched a consultation to gather views on how personal health budgets should be rolled out across the country. Make sure you have your say ….. Personal health budgets should give patients more control over the treatment...

Medicines optimisation briefing for asthma

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Mar 4, 2014 | Blog, Community Pharmacy

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has published a briefing on medicines optimisation which focuses on asthma. The briefing encourages pharmacists to enquire about the patient’s experience, appropriateness of the medicine and the safety and effectiveness of the...

Validation of Pharmacy Consulting GDP training

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 14, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers

This week we were out visiting some clients and one pharmacist told us: “You will be glad to know that in my position as a pharmacy advisor, I have taken on board all you said about cold chain storage and I have ordered new fridges for my client! I have also bought a...

Contract RPs – Power to affect positive changes and better compliance

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 14, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Pharmacy Suppliers

As RPs, we have always been aware of the importance of using our training, visits and audits to effect positive changes in the practices of our wholesalers. It is important to make people feel as comfortable as possible during our visits so that they speak openly. We...

New proposal for the regulation of medical devices in Europe

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 12, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation

Following the aftermath of the PIP scandal where industrial silicone was found to have been, fraudulently, used in the manufacture of breast implants, combined with some other high profile device failures, the European Commission, on the 26th September 2012, released...

Buying Vitamins on-line

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 12, 2014 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers

After reviewing some  websites that sell vitamins I am astonished at the medical claims being made by many of these sites.  If there is a medical claim made then the vitamin may find itself re-classed as a medicine! There are sites selling herbal equivalents of the...

Community Pharmacy update – January 2014

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jan 17, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Regulation

What do ‘Who do you think we are. What do you think we do?’ (Pharmacy Voice) ,’Call to Action’ (NHS England), and ‘Now or Never’ Royal Pharmaceutical Society have in common? Simply, they state that Pharmacy is an underused resource for the NHS, that patients and...

Fridges – Pharmacy & Wholesaling

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jan 6, 2014 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers

You may have just purchased or need to purchase a new fridge suitable for pharmacy or wholesaling.  Here are some tips to help settle in the new fridge and get the most out of your new piece of equipment. Tips and hints to settle in your new fridge Remove all...

Public Health – Pharmacy Staff

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jan 6, 2014 | Behind the scenes, Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Brands, Regulation

The National Clinical Assessment Service back in 2009 scoped the health concerns and issues facing pharmacists. Their research  found that many pharmacists felt that their health  concerns were a direct result of their job and that on occasions ill health  had led to...