NEWS
MEDICON IRELAND: WATCH THIS SPACE!
Medicon Ireland has been delivering a first-class pharmaceutical wholesale solution to Northern Ireland - and beyond - for almost ten years, but now the company is delighted to announce that it is expanding its wholesale business - providing a more personal - and profitable - service to you!
Medicon Ireland, which is renowned for its excellent customer service and reliability, already has a great relationship with many of the province’s pharmacies, but now the company plans to expend this relationship by offering an even wider range of services in the future.
In order to provide these services, Medicon has:
• invested heavily in recruitment, infrastructure and technology
• expanded its sales (field and telesales), customer service, quality, finance, warehousing and logistics teams
• tripled its storage capacity with the addition of a modern, fully- licensed warehouse facility at its Newry offices, including walk-in cold storage and controlled drugs areas
Medicon wants to build on the reputation that it has generated over the years by offering you - the customer - a unique, more personal alternative to your existing suppliers.
To do this, the company has become the sole distributor for exciting and popular brands, such as:
NEW PRODUCT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVES HYPERGLYCAEMIA Fractyl has announced publication of data in the current issue of Diabetes Care from the company’s first in-human study of Revita™ duodenal mucosal resurfacing (Revita DMR), which featured data from 39 patients. The results showed a significant improvement in hyperglycaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes poorly controlled
• Glucomen - market leaders in the field of diabetes diagnostics, with leading edge systems for HbA1c, blood glucose and continuous glucose monitoring
• Biotin BC - a new innovation in performance vitamins, dissolving instantly in your mouth without water. Packed with multivitamins and fast acting Guarana and with the unique addition of 100 per cent recommended daily allowance of vitamin D
• Blue Iron - a cutting-edge, liquid iron supplement from Scandinavia that’s simply bursting with wild Nordic berries. Ideal for providing the iron a woman’s body needs to support her pregnancy journey.
Since 2007, Medicon has built its reputation as a local company, employing local knowledgeable people and offering quality, affordable services and products to NHS and retail sectors. Our staff have over 30 years’ experience in the local market and are aware of local concerns and needs.
With all of this experience under its belt, and with service and efficiency recognised as the backbone of the company, Medicon is now ‘stepping out’. Stepping out of its comfort zone by enhancing its services. Stepping out of the shadows by building on its reputation.
Simply stepping out. Watch this space - there’s plenty more in the pipeline!
www.mediconire.com
on one or more oral antidiabetic agents. Overall, Revita DMR was well tolerated with minimal gastro- intestinal symptoms post procedure. In the study, DMR significantly improved glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes, with a predominant effect of lowering fasting hyperglycaemia, suggestive of a potential insulin-sensitising mechanism.
NPA IN FOCUS
NPA members are invited to attend the NPA NI Conference on Wednesday 28th September. The conference, which takes place in the Dunadry hotel, Antrim from 2pm to 9pm is open to all members, as well as delegated staff.
There will keynote presentations on:
• Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework – preparing for an assurance visit/ Health and Social Care Board
• Falsified Medicines Directive –the impact on community pharmacies/ Gareth Jones, NPA Head of Corporate Affairs
• NPA’s Essential Business Resources/ Leyla Hannbeck, NPA Chief Pharmacist
A series of workshops hosted by Ellis Whittam, Ad_Man Creative Marketing and Community Development Health Network (CDHN) will give:
• practical support for managing risk and patient safety in the pharmacy
• knowledge and skills in using social media to support your pharmacy services
• an insight to managing staff and controlling costs
• an opportunity to explore Building Community Pharmacy Partnerships and increase involvement
Members will also have the opportunity to attend a one-to-one surgery with the NPA business partner Ellis Whittam for support on specific employment law and HR queries.
A networking lunch will be available from 1pm and an evening meal will also be provided. Members are invited to participate in the full-day or half- day sessions, with the keynote presentation on the community pharmacy assurance framework taking place in the evening session.
To register interest please email
a.mcalister@
npa.co.uk.
We recently launched our Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework toolkit (
www.npa.co.uk/news-and-events/news-item/northern-ireland-cpaf- toolkit/).
The framework, launched by the Health and Social Care Board (HSCB) is designed to provide an assurance of safe, effective and high quality pharmaceutical services to patients and the public. To meet the requirements of the Framework, pharmacy contractors will be expected to comply with Terms of Service, Service Specifications, related Professional Standards and Best Practice Guidance and HSCB will be undertaking a programme of visit to each pharmacy over a three year period.
Members can use the NPA toolkit to understand the requirements of the Community Pharmacy Assurance Framework and ensure compliance using our templates and support documents provided including a template practice leaflet, SOPs, alert logs and checklists. For more information contact Anne McAlister,
a.mcalister@
npa.co.uk.
Finally, NPA members and their teams can now benefit from the new NPA CPD hub, offering members free access to clinical articles, the latest research studies and a full range of topics to support the everyday running of the pharmacy. With content being managed regularly by content provider CIG, all pharmacy teams have to do is log onto the CPD hub from the NPA website to gain access to personalised content and record their learning time; making it easier to spend more time with patients. Visit
www.npa.co.uk/cpdhub
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