Tag: HSA Pharmacy
Senior HSA pharmacist suspended, under investigation
(CNS): Officials from the Health Services Authority have confirmed that a senior member of its pharmacy team has been suspended as a result of an internal investigation. The HSA has not revealed any details of its review of procedures and controls that led to placing the staff member, who is understood to be the chief […]
HSA’s outpatient pharmacy ready to reopen
(CNS): The Health Service Authority has relocated the hospital outpatient pharmacy in George Town to larger premises at the Smith Road Medical Centre, which has been closed for about a year to facilitate the upgrade. The new facility officially opens on Thursday, 17 March.
CO blames pandemic for failure to respond to OAG
(CNS): Acting Chief Officer Nellie Pouchie blamed the impact of the pandemic on the health ministry when it was already short-staffed, as she explained why the ministry had not responded to a report by the Office of the Auditor General that raised significant concerns about the pharmacy services.
Audit finds multiple problems with HSA pharmacy
(CNS): A catalogue of problems were identified by an audit of the Health Service Authority’s Outpatient Pharmacy Services. With issues such as two failed back-to-back procurement exercises to secure the supply of essential medications and a law that is four decades old with no overarching provision to control the quality and safety of medicines, the […]
‘COVID’ pharmacy closes to allow for expansion
(CNS): The Health Services Authority’s temporary Smith Road Centre Pharmacy will be closed on 1 August to allow for expansion work that will pave the way to move the hospital’s main pharmacy there permanently. The stop-gap pharmacy was opened in April in order to help manage the dispensation of medicines to CINICO and other patients […]
