Wholesale dealers of medicines may not see all the publications that community pharmacists receive, so they may be unaware that the problems that community pharmacists experience in obtaining certain medicines for prescriptions remains a significant problem. For that small percentage of pharmacies that have obtained a wholesale dealers licence, and are selling medicines for export, [...]
One of the advantages of working with several companies and in different locations as a contract RP, is having the opportunity to work with a number of different MHRA GDP inspectors and to learn from them what matters are most important to them at premises licence inspections and re-inspections. Over the last year, I have [...]
With 2672 R2 enabled pharmacies and 57 R2 enabled doctors practices now ready to issue and dispense electronic prescriptions, it really does look like this long awaited development could really be nationally implemented this year. (Figures at 14th December 2011) The January 2012 PSNC Newsletter carried an excellent 4 page article concerning the many aspects [...]
Now that the consultation period on the proposed change of pharmacy contract applications to the new Pharmacy Needs Assessments (PNA’s) basis has passed, we must all wait to see how much of the proposals will be implemented and when. Also, there is no clear statement at the moment about transitional arrangements to cover contract applications [...]
A recent (December 28th 2011) NHS Appeal panel decision , has closed a loophole that some clearly thought to be open. A pharmacist obtained an Internet Only Pharmacy contract for a set of premises located in town in the NW of England in a Mews development, located at Number 4. It also took on the [...]
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