Pharmapod launch with Inphaserve to promote excellence in patient care

Pharmapod launch with Inphaserve to promote excellence in patient care

Growing exponentially since its 2012 launch, Pharmapod has signed an exciting deal with the Inphaserve buying group which will see its award winning Global Incident Reporting & Learning System being rolled out across 35 of its independent community pharmacy members in the UK. The Inphaserve group’s main focus is to provide independent pharmacies with a complete support and back office service in order to allow them to focus on patient care and services. It does this through offering Innovative technologies to support retail, dispensary, back office, business performance and management. Inphaserve’s pharmacies are…Read more …
Pharmapod Board Member elected as President of the Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU)

Pharmapod Board Member elected as President of the Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU)

Pharmapod has the great pleasure of having Rajesh Patel MBE as a valued member of its board since 2014. As owner of the Hollowood Pharmacy group where his team are dedicated to providing excellent service to their local communities, to representing his profession at both a European and a global level, Raj has deep expertise and experience across all areas of the pharmacy profession. This has led to his appointment by the Queen as MBE for his services to pharmacy. Raj also currently serves as a Member of Management board for the National…Read more …
Pharmapod Approved as Signatory of Worldwide Charter for Fair International Commerce

Pharmapod Approved as Signatory of Worldwide Charter for Fair International Commerce

We are proud to announce that Pharmapod has been approved as a signatory of the Worldwide Charter for Fair International Commerce. The Worldwide Charter for Fair International Commerce is a global initiative of the International Business Standards Organisation (IBSO), designed to empower businesses and organisations to promote peaceful and sustainable global development. The IBSO is a non-profit, independent institution with the overall aim of providing support for international trade and business development. By joining the Worldwide Charter for Fair International Commerce, Pharmapod is making a statement of support for a fair and ethical…Read more …
Pharmacy Voice’s Patient Safety Group Launches Incident Reporting Principles

Pharmacy Voice’s Patient Safety Group Launches Incident Reporting Principles

The Patient Safety Group has launched a number of incident reporting principles in their most recent Patient Safety Bulletin. The group, established by Pharmacy Voice, has agreed upon this set of core reporting principles from the results of their anonymous survey into incident reporting and safety culture. This continues the Patient Safety Group’s great work in the area of patient safety, sharing and promoting best practice. These core reporting principles form one piece of work the community pharmacy Medication Safety Officers (MSOs) of the group have carried out. The MSOs carry out this…Read more …
The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Report Poor Figures Regarding Incident Management

The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland Report Poor Figures Regarding Incident Management

The PSI recently published the results from their 2015 inspections which were conducted across 144 pharmacies nationwide. The results showed that only 65% of pharmacies are compliant with error reporting and incident management requirements. This indicates that almost two in five pharmacies have an absence of a culture of recording errors and do not have an effective quality management system in place. With such poor statistics, it begs the question: how can we decrease the number of medication errors if pharmacies are failing to flag these errors internally? The recording and review of…Read more …
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