Distant selling pharmacies warning of high-risk medication prescription
The GPhC- General Pharmaceutical Council published an updated guidance for distance selling pharmacies regarding authentication and verification check before supplying certain type/categories of prescription-only medicines (POMs). This should ensure that patients...We are told “community pharmacists must adapt”
Regardless of the financial strains, the NHS is in community pharmacies are and always will be important to the public, with 1.6 million people visiting a community pharmacy every day in England. Now the Government have stated, under The NHS Long Term Plan, they want...GDP Responsible Person (RP) Cogent Gold Standard Training by Pharmacy Consulting Limited (PCL)
Pharmacy Consulting Limited (PCL) is pleased to announce they now provide a three-day Cogent “Gold standard” Responsible Person (RP) training, formally recognised by the MHRA. The course is vital for potential and existing Responsible Persons or anyone involved in...New GP indemnity scheme covers practice pharmacists
As of 1st April 2019, a new NHS arrangement is in place to cover practice pharmacists as well as contracted GP staff in General Practice. The Clinical Negligence Scheme for General Practice is a state indemnity scheme covering NHS services provided by General...Changes of pregabalin and gabapentin
Decision made by Home Office, which comes into force from 1st of April 2019 that pregabalin and gabapentin is placed in schedule 3 controlled drug under the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001. But would be excluded from the requirement to be stored in a safe....Need to know about Responsible Person-import (RP-i)
In the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal, a wholesale dealer may import Qualified Person certified medicines form the EEA if certain checks are made by the Responsible Person import (RPi) RP-i has an important role in ensuring that only bona fide quality...Do you want to be a Responsible Person (Import) “ RPi” ?
The role of the RPi is described in regulations 45AA & 45AB of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 (as amended). The draft legislation is live but not yet approved by the Houses of Parliament…
Pregabalin and Gabapentin
With everything going on at the moment it is easy to forget that there are things other than Brexit happening. An important one for the pharma supply chain is the scheduling of Pregabalin and Gabapentin as Class C, schedule 3 controlled drugs from 1st April 2019….