Ethics and bioethics

Dilemma: when a line manager takes credit for your work

Four pharmacy professionals give their opinions on how to deal with a potentially plagiarising boss.…

Requesting a retrospective prescription from a GP

A locum pharmacist’s decision to substitute one medicine for another may be in the best interest of the patient, but what are the legal and ethical implications?…

Real respect for patients is having respect for their morals, despite your own

I was very pleased to see the article ‘Refusing to supply emergency hormonal contraception undermines our profession — no pharmacist should do it’, by Cathy Cooke in the March 2020 issue of The Pharmaceutical Journal. For a succinct view of this matter, may I also refer reade…

Refusing to supply emergency hormonal contraception undermines our profession — no pharmacist should do it

Allowing personal beliefs to prevent patients accessing emergency hormonal contraception goes against the patient-centred care standards that pharmacists should uphold.…

How to handle online criticism

Pharmacy professionals give their thoughts and advice on the receiving negative comments on social media.…

The right ‘fit’: racial bias in pharmacy recruitment

Pharmacists provide their thoughts and advice to a colleague concerned about racial discrimination in the workplace.…

GPhC standards for pharmacy professionals come into force on 12 May 2017

The General Pharmaceutical Council’s (GPhC) new standards for pharmacy professionals will come into effect on 12 May 2017.…

Increasing refusal to supply EHC would be beneficial

I have recently retired from practice but if I were still practising in community pharmacy today, I would have to decide whether to look for a new sector of practice or wait until I was ousted from my post because I have a moral objection to supplying emergency hormonal contraception (EHC). Th…

NHS England drops requirement for clinicians to declare earnings from private work

NHS clinicians will not have to declare their income from private practice following a change of heart by NHS England.…

Patients’ ethical framework should take precedence

I note there is concern over the proposed changes in the conscience clause suggested by the General Pharmaceutical Council ( The Pharmaceutical Journal online, 22 December 2016). It seems to me that the first question to answer is whose beliefs should apply in such a situation, the pharm…