Have you validated your supply chain, even for ambient products

Have you read the directive?

Have you had any training? Has your staff had any official training on GDP in the past or in the light of the new directives?  PCL Healthcare have a few spaces left on their courses, please check the website for more information.

Upcoming RP training dates are:

• 22^nd May (Leeds)
• 5^th June (London)
• 3^rd July  (London)

These are full day courses.

The RP update courses focus on the new GDP  guidelines and these are running on:

• 6^th of June (London)
• 12^th of July (London)

Have you bought any data loggers? Have you risk assessed your supply  chain?  Have you a plan in place if the shipment has been stored in an incorrect manner?

These are all questions that have answers within the PCL Healthcare training courses.

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• What data loggers are you going to use?
• How are you going to ensure you get the loggers back or that you can access the data?

There are several different types of logger and some can be retrieved if you are sending them to a regular customer but it is harder if the medicines are for export.  If the logger also writes over itself this can also be a problem because if the shipment is delayed for any length of time then the journey time may be overridden.

• How do you transport your prescription deliveries?
• How are they stored?
• What training have you given your driver?
• Do they know that they should keep the medicines between 2 and 25 degrees in the car?
• How practical is this?

There are flat credit card shaped loggers which can plug into your computer to  be downloaded and there are ones which look like round USB sticks and then there are the Log Tag type which can be read by its own holder.  However, they need to  be reunited or returned to another reader to  be downloaded.

All these options add the cost of the logger to the delivery and the company staff time throughout the supply chain and reports need to produced for future reference.

Are you ready to have your records audited?  Inspectors are now asking for proof of the validation in both new licence Inspections and ongoing inspections.

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Have you got a blood pressure monitor in your pharmacy?  If you became a prescriber this would be a chance for you to work in collaboration with the other providers and really improve outcomes.

This is what the Welsh Health Minister said:

“Those affected should have timely intervention access to high quality services, regardless of where they live”
Mark Drakeford, Health Minister

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“We welcome this initiative as an excellent example of pharmacists developing innovative new services to help families improve their health and lead healthier lives.”
Lord Howe, pharmacy minister, Department of Health

It is all in the timing, as many years ago, when the pharmacy chain started up in the supermarket, patients were not happy to pay for any extra services.  However, this was made more difficult because other pharmacies (such as Lloyds) were offering the services for free as a loss leader.

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A plan of action has been put together for the whole healthcare system and includes:

• An Ofsted style rating for both Hospitals and Care Homes
• Independent Chief Inspectors for the Hospitals and the Care Homes
• Statutory duty of candour
• A reduction in the bureaucratic burden on the front line staff
• Nurses will be asked to work as healthcare assistants for a year to obtain their funding for their degree
• Minimum training standards
• There will be a code of conduct developed for Support workers and Adult social Care Workers

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of a product? Well what should we do and where to start?

The “PIL ” and GDP guidelines are often the best place.

What are  the risks in terms of journey  time and starting point and end point?

Has the route been tested before ? Will the packaging be robust enough?

Will the product be better going by air freight? Do I put in one data logger or

two ? Does the pallet need a space blanket. When I  get my  data how do I report it ?

Where do I  go  for advice and support ? What  happens if all my  suppliers are non

compliant?

Pharmacy consulting recently  placed a data logger in a package  with a large

medicine logistics company  for a special delivery to  arrive the  next day before

10am ( a Wednesday ) and it arrived on the Saturday! No notes were put through

the door of the client. No signature was given by  the client and there was no thought

to the storage requirements ! The package was just left with a neighbour!

What  should you  do as RP  if this happens to your clients delivery ? What should

RPs advise when even the so  called ” Best ” logistics companies let  us down?

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for UK WLs for them as we are seen as more lenient than other member states when

it comes to issuing WLs. Some countries insist on “RP”s being pharmacists others prevent

imports of products without specific licences being held by the wholesaler for each of the

products so they  chose to set  up a UK affiliate and order via the UK to  supply other

countries in Europe. While this is good for trade in the UK it does mean that products

travel additional legs to get to their final destination which must add risk into the logistics?

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your QMS ? How do you  manage your change control?

Does your RP have any training ? Do they keep up to date ? When did they last

go to a MHRA conference ?

Do you  ever have an external audit ? Do you  use a broker ?Have you checked their

bona fides?  If you  require any help to get  ready for your next inspection give Jackie

a call +447909836670 or e mail her on Jackie@pharmacyconsulting.co.uk

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to apply for certification to ensure that they comply with EU standards.

The MHRA and APBI are monitoring the  situation as so  far very few countries including

Australia , Brazil, Japan and the USA have obtained their certification and the deadline

of July 2^nd is  looming!

Where do you  buy from ? Have they applied yet ?

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Healthcare and pharmacy are growing mandates in Europe and
the USA. Pharmacists must embrace the new changes or they will  lose out
to  other providers. Have you got a robust web offering for your pharmacy

or pharmacies?

If not why not , the public trust  pharmacies and they are more

likely to  order their over the  counter medications from you rather than

Amazon.  As a profession we must  embrace all the  new technologies

and start to  listen to what the  future customers want.

“ Medication to be available or delivered when, where and how they want it “

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