Dispensing

Work on a large-scale dispensing hub for independent pharmacies is to start "immediately," HubRx has said. 

Foxhill Pharmacy in Sheffield claims it has become the first pharmacy in the UK to go paperless, having switched to a cloud-based system.

There will be a consultation on hub and spoke working for all community pharmacies in England, pharmacy minister Jo Churchill has said.

The hub and spoke model poses significant risks that need to be addressed, sector stakeholders have found.

Superdrug has launched a new automated medication pouching service, using a dispensing robot to assemble patients’ pills.

A new facility aimed at giving independent pharmacies access to hub and spoke technology is expected to commence operations in early 2022.

Pharmacy2U founder Daniel Lee has announced plans for an £8m dispensing facility he claims will “level the playing field” between independents and multiples.

Pharmacies in England dispensed a record 93 million items in March, NHS BSA data shows, making it the sector’s busiest ever month.

There is little existing evidence that hub and spoke saves money or improves patient safety, the NPA claimed.

Well Pharmacy expects to dispense about 43.2 million prescriptions annually via a central hub based in Stoke-on-Trent.

Invatech Health's newly accredited Titan PMR is now available to pharmacies in England and Wales.

The RPS fails to respond to questions on whether it took action against Ash Soni over unlawful dispensing at his pharmacy.    

A dispensing error has made the news. An unconscious baby was rushed to hospital after being given an anti-psychotic drug, olanazapine, instead of omeprazole. It was a case of the right label, wrong drug. The impact of such incidents on the patient and their family is uppermost in our minds when things go wrong because we share the pain, feel the anger, experience the hurt and reflect on the sorrow made worse by the fact that we’re to blame. Saying sorry is never enough, and there are no words to embroider around that fact.

A range of factors affects the suitability of automation and technology for each pharmacy business. This module considers the business case for installing dispensary automation.  

Richard Hough considers the legal implications of hub-and-spoke dispensing

Leyla Hannbeck reports on current medicine safety issues

Advice from the NPA on reducing the risk of dispensing errors

Chairman of the LIPCO federated group Mukesh Lad shares some tips to maximise funding opportunities during testing times.

More than one in four people would seek minor ailment advice from a GP if their local pharmacy closed

Numark’s Gary Choo explains how to minimise the risks associated with dispensing errors