Will your pharmacy survive more Clawback?

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Oct 4, 2012 | Blog, Community Pharmacy

Pharmacy consulting are concerned for the future of some of the smaller community pharmacies as the next phase of clawback kicks in and the bottom line profit takes another hit. It is time to take stock and to look at how your business operates now and what you can...

Temperature tracking “Ambient” deliveries?

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Sep 13, 2012 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Suppliers

Pharmacy Consulting have been asked at an inspection, if the WL holder had tracked the temperature of their orders? This was a an ambient licence holder and they do not wholesale any product requiring chill chain storage during transit. Our client has now tracked a...

Planning for a Robot in your Pharmacy?

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Sep 13, 2012 | Blog

Pharmacy consulting would like to point out some areas to consider when thinking about buying and fitting a robot into your pharmacy. The specification of the robot should be robust enough to allow for expansion of the business. As many as possible of your stock lines...

Pharmacy Website and Digital Marketing

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Sep 13, 2012 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacy Suppliers

Do you have a web site, are you planning a digital marketing campaign? What would you take into consideration? Where would you focus your efforts? Pharmacy Consulting would suggest that some qualitative and quantitative analysis exploring patients and client...

Information Governance “IG”

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Sep 13, 2012 | Blog, Community Pharmacy

Have you audited your IG documentation and processes? Pharmacies will be required to make another online declaration by the end of March 2013? Did you leave unfinished work at the time of your last declaration? Do not leave it to the last moment, conduct an audit,...

“Meaningful Use” opertunity for Pharmacy in the UK?

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Sep 13, 2012 | Blog, Community Pharmacy

Meaningful Use Pharmacy Consulting have been watching with the interest the American investments in “HIT “Health Information Technology, and mandatory adoption of “EHR” Electronic Health Records, and the provision of resources for the Meaningful-Use initiative,...

Apps will help Pharmacist Optimise Medicines

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Sep 13, 2012 | Blog, Community Pharmacy

Apps in Healthcare will help Pharmacists to optimise patients medications. Apps can help companies to cement a positive digital brand; thus enhancing their image and facilitating a collaborative relationship with customers and patients. Apps such as “Well Doc’s...

Medicine Management and New Technologies

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Aug 9, 2012 | Blog, Community Pharmacy

Pharmacy must shift from a product centric delivery culture to a customer and service centred culture. Pharmacy will succeed or fail in the future based on how well their services improve health outcomes. Pharmacy must see itself not as “A supplier of medicines” but...

“100 Hour “ Pharmacies

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Aug 9, 2012 | Blog, Community Pharmacy

“100 Hour “ Pharmacies will not be a threat in the future however, do you feel under threat from a new pharmacy, possibly a “100 Hour”, jointly owned by the GPs in your nearest practice. What are  you planning to do to mitigate the risk to your pharmacy’s  goodwill?...

“Thinking fast and Slow “by Daniel Kahneman

by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Aug 9, 2012 | Blog, Community Pharmacy

As a fellow Pharmacist I tend to base my decisions mainly on system 2 thinking processes rather than system 1. System 1 is intuitive and effortless and is often built on hunches. System 2 requires work and it is based on deductive reasoning. “Thinking fast and slow...