Picture it. Pre-prepared prescriptions piled up on workbenches, tables, stools, desks and covering the floor in mounds. It’s every pharmacists nightmare, but sadly it’s becoming an all-too-familiar problem. Pre-prepared prescriptions are a great idea in theory. The idea is to ensure a shorter wait time for patients and a smooth and steady flow of traffic […]
Remember those air fix kits that were always around when you were younger? Perhaps a spitfire, Lancaster, or even something more modern like a tornado? Well, they are still around I’m pleased to say, and there are people out there who still build them for pleasure and some who even make money from their efforts. […]
Are you waiting for a green light, for someone to tell you that now is the right time to make your move? UK Pharmacy PLC has been a tough place to be in recent years and there isn’t much sign of improvement. So maybe it’s time to buck the trend and move forward with positivity? […]
More than ever before, today’s modern pharmacy is at the forefront of healthcare provision in the UK. Challenged with assisting to reduce pressure on the GP, our pharmacy Healthcare Professionals are ready and more than capable of assisting their patients and customers. But what about the Consultation Room, are our consultation rooms up to the […]
Henry Ford once said “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses” Henry the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production went on to produce affordable cars for the masses. Henry certainly believed in Innovation, and […]
So I was sitting in the departure lounge at Dublin Airport waiting for the last flight of the day back home. Things were quiet and retailers were busy pulling down the shutters, apart from Starbucks, whose staff seemed to be intent on working through the night supplying much needed caffeine boosts to their waiting public. […]
The other day I was enjoying a discussion with a group of business owners that I know, and someone asked what brand we admired and why? Well all the regular names came out that you would expect Apple, Nike, Virgin, etc. all for very good reasons. I came up with UPS! Which kind of raised […]
I was badly let down yesterday. Let down because someone promised me something and at the eleventh and a half hour then didn’t deliver on it! It hit me like a freight train one of those huge ones that hold you up at the crossings for what seems like an eternity. I spent the rest […]
As we well know, refitting a pharmacy takes a significant financial investment. It’s only natural that you want that investment to be spent as wisely and efficiently as possible. But when it comes to knowing where money is best spent on a refit, there can be so many options that the best course of action […]
Think of the word practical, and what images come to mind? For me, it’s green wellies and sensible raincoats neither of which, I’m sure you’ll agree, are the most beautiful of items. I’d be surprised if you could remember a time when you showed somebody a new pair of wellies and heard them say cool, […]
