by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Sep 11, 2017 | Community Pharmacy, CQC, GPhC, pharmacy business development, Regulation
Have you started to provide this years’ Flu Vaccination service can you say you compliant? Do you know what CPSIVAS and NHSCB are? The amended directions were signed on the 29th of August 2017 by Jannette Howe, head of Pharmacy at the Department of health. Did you...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Apr 3, 2017 | Blog, GPhC, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Regulation
EMVO launched an online portal for pharmaceutical companies that can on-board over the next two years in plenty time for the February 2019 deadline. EMVO offers guidance documents for potential on-boarders. Manufacturers and parallel distributors are encouraged to...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 21, 2017 | Blog, CQC, Distance Selling Pharmacy, Falsified Medicines, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, GPhC, MHRA, NHS, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Brands, Pharmacy Suppliers, Quality Systems, Regulation, Training
It is well known that if you tell patients what the side effects of their medicines are then they are much better at complying with the dosage regime. During all consultations, your clinical decisions and patient feedback needs. It should not come as a surprise...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Feb 13, 2017 | Blog, Bona Fides, Consultancy, CQC, Distance Selling Pharmacy, EudraGMDP, Falsified Medicines, Good Distribution Practice - GDP, GPhC, MHRA, Pharmacist, Quality Systems, Regulation, setting up a pharmacy business, SOPs, WDA(H), WDA(H)
What is the risk of not meeting you suppliers and customers face to face? Call me old fashioned but I like to know who I am dealing with. I like to see the white of their eye, their premises, their procedures. With Valentine’s Day, fast approaching sweethearts are...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Aug 10, 2015 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Distance Selling Pharmacy, GPhC, Pharmacist, SOPs
The program to return unwanted medicines to community pharmacies in Australia has been given approval for a further 3 year period. The program will continue to collect and dispose the returned medicines along with an analysis of the items and the research into why...
by Jackie (née Heneghan) Peck | Jul 19, 2015 | Blog, Community Pharmacy, Distance Selling Pharmacy, GPhC, NHS, Pharmacist, SOPs, Training
Just a quick example from South Australia of real-life pharmacy best practice. A Adelaide doctor has been facing court over allegations of forged prescriptions for both Stilnox and Tramadol. Pharmacy staff alerted the police after concerns over the suspicious scripts...
