Digital Health – Online Prescribing

Distance Selling Pharmacy – GPhC Updates 2025

By Mike Bereza February 5, 2025Cybersecurity, Digital Health, Distance Selling Pharmacy, NHS Pharmacy LicenseNo Comments

The General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) has recently published updated guidance for registered pharmacies providing services remotely. This guidance, issued in February 2025, underscores the importance of maintaining high standards of…

Penetration Test Action Plan

By Mike Bereza January 11, 2024Cybersecurity, Digital Health, Distance Selling Pharmacy, NHS Pharmacy Commissioning, NHS Pharmacy LicenseNo Comments

This is to meet Evidence item 9.2.3 in the NHS DSP toolkit. i.e. The person responsible for IT has reviewed the results of the latest penetration testing, with an action…

How do internet pharmacies check patient identity online?

By Mike Bereza August 23, 2022Digital Health, Distance Selling Pharmacy, Online PrescribingNo Comments

How do your staff check the id and capacity of the patient ordering medicines on your website? This is the first question the GPhC ask in their GPhC voluntary logo…

Algorithmic asynchronous prescribing relative risk formulary

By Mike Bereza July 23, 2022Digital Health, Online PrescribingNo Comments

The range of medicine available online is increasing every day. However what is to stop any medicine from being prescribed online. Medical ethics should prove the initial barrier however when…

Online Prescribing Best Practice

By Mike Bereza July 22, 2022Digital Health, Online PrescribingNo Comments

Key Points Many prescribers are now undertaking duties and procedures that were previously done by doctors.If a non-medical prescriber takes on a task that was previously undertaken by a medical…

Psychedelics and the environment

By Mike Bereza July 22, 2022Digital Health, PsychedelicsNo Comments

Many studies have found that people who use psychedelics are more likely to have pro-environmental behavior and ecology beliefs when compared to other people. A recent study by the University…

Pharmacy Cybersecurity Standard Operating Procedure

By Mike Bereza July 19, 2022Cybersecurity, Digital Health, Online PrescribingNo Comments

Pharmacy Cybersecurity Standard Operating Procedure Recently cybersecurity has become a hot topic within the pharmacy sector. As such, as we intend to be responsive to any new emerging threat to…

How Much Does a Pharmacy Technician Earn?

By Mike Bereza July 26, 2021Digital HealthNo Comments

Pharmacy Technicians are healthcare professionals who work collaboratively with pharmacists and are responsible for preparing, supplying, administering as well as promoting the safe and effective use of medicines. They also…

Top 10 Tips to Make a Pharmacy Environmentally Friendly

By Mike Bereza July 7, 2021Digital Health, Distance Selling PharmacyNo Comments

The reality of climate change is becoming harder to ignore and pharmacies are often overlooked in being able to make a difference. Below is a list of our Top 10…

What stock levels do I need as a new UK primary care community pharmacy?

By Mike Bereza July 1, 2021Digital Health, Distance Selling PharmacyNo Comments

How much stock will your new pharmacy need? One of the major costs associated with starting a new pharmacy in the UK is the initial cost of stock. It is…