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17/10/2017

Medacy at Best Practice - Hope to see you there

29/08/2017

Looking for PL-UK? We re-branded last year and are now called Medacy.

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Medacy is a provider of specialist healthcare services.

13/07/2015

Please note new home for PL-UK is at https://www.facebook.com/PharmacyPersonnel?ref=hl

Medacy is a provider of specialist healthcare services.

13/06/2013

We have a new dedicated home on Facebook www.facebook.com/pharmacypersonnel

27/10/2012

Have we ever had snow before Halloween before? Yet another weird one for the weirdest weather year I can ever remember.

26/10/2012

I was sat at home minding my own business last night, flipping through Twitter when I got embroiled in a long conversation about pharmacy representative bodies.

We all know there are too many, 160 someone said last night, and we all complain about it, but most of us do nothing.

I have a solution to the problem. All Pharmacists get in a single room with a great big honesty box and we collect £1 each time that one of us tries to deny that we are just in one of the representative bodies for anything other than self interest. Of course we are. Why would we pay the fees if it wasn't for that reason?

Now after collecting a lot of money, eventually and leaving the reluctant ones at the back chuntering about how they are running the organisation for the good of pharmacy and that they'd happily work for nothing to see their fellow pharmacists prosper, we could then make a difference to the profession and we'd come to the conclusion that we only need two representative bodies and a Royal College. One Organisation representing people - pharmacists and pharmacy technicians and one representing businesses. The Royal College would focus on improving standards within pharmacy and promoting professional excellence. The GPhC stands separate to these three bodies as the regulator.

Now the body representing people are free of the business constraints and can really make a difference, the public/government and fellow health professionals would warm to the representative body as people grow relationships with flesh and blood, not bricks and mortar and the body representing businesses could focus on making the businesses viable

NHS contracts could be with businesses for supplying medication and individual pharmacists for delivering clinical services. Can this happen, it can if there's a will but an awful lot of people in representative bodies would have to be really honest with themselves. I hope it can happen but I've always been an optimist!

25/10/2012

I forgot to mention in my last post, if you're not on twitter, please feel free to post your pharmacy anecdotes here and I'll forward them on, with your permission

25/10/2012

I'm not sure how many of you use Twitter but there's been an interesting "discussion" going on amongst twittering pharmacists about a book of pharmacy anecdotes that is putting together for publication in January.

A number of the contributors to the profession are saying that it shouldn't happen and that the writer shouldn't take advantage of patients etc etc etc.

Let's be honest, it's not going to be challenging 50 Shades of Grey at the top of the bestseller list but what harm can it do? We all see silly things on a day to day basis. I can remember serving a lady one Sunday rota, she wanted some ibuleve and she was wearing a tracksuit so I asked he what she had done "Over vigorous s*x" was her reply!!

Now, anyone who knows me will tell you that I'm not often lost for words but how do you follow that comment!!

So pharmacists, send your pharmacy anecdotes, a profession that can't laugh at itself is a profession showing a lack of confidence not professionalism..... as long as no names are mentioned.

BTW you can follow me on twitter for ramblings about pharmacy, sport, science,news etc etc etc

22/10/2012

I had a call from one of the pharmacy trade press on Friday asking about pharmacists being removed from approved locums list after poor feedback from a store manager/store team.

We've had a few reports of poor performance from locums over the years and my view is that locums should be informed about it and given a chance to improve. However it would seem that the one strike and you're out policy seems to be spreading especially amongst the multiples. Does anyone have any experience of this?

Shaun

22/10/2012

Back to full strength at PL | UK HQ with Linda back from her holidays. What will this week bring.

20/10/2012

It makes me smile when I pick up the phone on a Saturday morning and people are surprised! I've always been here you know, it's just that I'm not as good at talking as Lynne or Linda!

18/10/2012

Hospital Pharmacist required for fantastic placement in Western Scotland

Clinical and dispensary work; no aseptics
- accommodation charge £75.46 per week.
- hours 9-5, 5 days per week (37.5 hours)
- passage to there and back (flight or ferry) will be reimbursed subject to a minimum stay of two months.

Please call Shaun on 01677 252205 for more details or send your CV to [email protected]