Distance Selling Pharmacy – 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…

Understanding Health and Care Services

By Mike Bereza January 3, 2024NHS Pharmacy License, UncategorizedNo Comments

This document covers information needed by the NHS DSP Toolkit under Evidence item 7.1.1. Key attributes addressed include: i. What their key operational services are, ii. What technologies and services…

Pharmacy Training Needs Analysis (TNA) – Data Security and Protection

By Mike Bereza January 3, 2024Cybersecurity, Distance Selling Pharmacy, UncategorizedNo Comments

1. Introduction: Pharmacy Name: [Your Pharmacy Name] Date of Analysis: [Date] 2. Objectives: To assess the current knowledge and skills of pharmacy staff regarding data security and protection. To identify…

Distance Selling Pharmacy for Sale

By Mike Bereza October 15, 2023Distance Selling PharmacyNo Comments

In today's dynamic healthcare landscape, pharmacies play a pivotal role in providing essential medical services to communities. With the advent of technology and changing consumer preferences, the concept of distance…

How to relocate a Distance Selling Pharmacy

By Mike Bereza March 7, 2023Distance Selling PharmacyNo Comments

Figure 1. The steps to relocating a Distance Selling Pharmacy. Here are the recommended steps as per NHS guidance (pg.129 NHS Pharmacy Manual) to relocate a Distance Selling Pharmacy that…

Online age verification for online pharmacies

By Mike Bereza January 5, 2023Distance Selling Pharmacy, Online PrescribingNo Comments

There are a few different ways that online pharmacies can perform age verification for their customers: Use a third-party age verification service: There are companies that specialize in age verification…

You won’t believe what this pharmacy was caught doing during a GPhC inspection!

By Mike Bereza January 5, 2023Distance Selling Pharmacy, NHS Pharmacy Commissioning, NHS Pharmacy License, Pharmacy AuditNo Comments

As we consult with a wide range of online prescribing pharmacies and traditional doctor organisations we have seen some of the best examples of practice but also some of the…

Regulation 25(2)(b)(ii) & Distance Selling Pharmacy – safe essential services

By Mike Bereza January 5, 2023Distance Selling PharmacyNo Comments

"Regulation 25(2)(b)(ii) requires NHSE to be satisfied that the pharmacy procedures for the pharmacy premises are likely to secure the safe and effective provision of essential services." This regulation quoted…

Regulation 25(2)(b)(i) & Distance Selling Pharmacy –

By Mike Bereza January 5, 2023Distance Selling Pharmacy, NHS Pharmacy LicenseNo Comments

This regulation is often quoted in PSCE / NHS rejections of distance selling pharmacies: "the uninterrupted provision of essential services, during the opening hours of the premises, to persons anywhere…