NHS Pharmacy License – 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…

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)(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…

Pharmacy Standard Operating Procedures

By Mike Bereza January 5, 2023Distance Selling Pharmacy, NHS Pharmacy License, Paperless PharmacyNo Comments

Standard operating procedures (SOPs) are detailed instructions that outline the steps that should be taken in order to perform a specific task or activity. In a pharmacy setting, SOPs may…

How to apply for an online NHS pharmacy license.

By Mike Bereza January 14, 2022Distance Selling Pharmacy, NHS Pharmacy LicenseNo Comments

To start an online pharmacy in the UK the first question you need to ask yourself is whether you would like to be NHS commissioned or not. If not, all…

Swimming Upstream – Pharmacy Service Commissioning

By Mike Bereza September 24, 2020Distance Selling Pharmacy, NHS Pharmacy Commissioning, NHS Pharmacy LicenseNo Comments

Are we ice skating up a hill? The independent community pharmacy sector is fast evolving into a more service-based model. With the impending acquisition of Pharmacy2U by Amazon and the…