Pharmacists will have to be competent in speaking English to practise in the UK All pharmacists, even UK nationals, will in future have to be competent in speaking English if they want to practise in the UK, under new proposals.…
Family to take civil action after dispensing error deathRelatives of a woman who died after a dispensing error are to take civil action, the family’s lawyers have confirmed.…
How does lack of anonymity facilitate shared learning in error reporting? Why Joy Wingfield is concerned about the decision to abolish anonymity for community pharmacies in reporting errors before the decriminalisation of dispensing errors has become a reality.…
CPS will not act against pharmacist whose error led to patient’s deathA pharmacist involved in a dispensing error that led to the death of a patient is being investigated by the General Pharmaceutical Council.…
Support for Bill to allow terminal cancer patients access to drugs in development A private members Bill that seeks to allow doctors to prescribe investigational drugs to terminally ill cancer patients has won government backing.…
Pharmacy regulator wants to overturn Scottish judgement The General Pharmaceutical Council is appealing against the decision by three senior Scottish judges to overturn a fitness to practise ruling, will go to the Supreme Court in order to clarify its disciplinary options. …
High Court favours Boots in representation fight, but union to appeal in Europe The Pharmacists’ Defence Association Union has lost the latest round in its battle to win the right to represent almost 7,000 Boots pharmacists in a battle over pay and hours.…
Driving after taking drugs and medicines Find out how new drug driving rules coming into force from March 2015 will affect your patients.…
Use and efficacy of herbal medicines: Part 2 — clinical effectivenessIn this second part of a two-part article, the authors examine the efficacy and clinical effectiveness of, and evidence for, the use of herbal medicines…
Interim guidance for pharmacist supervision and private consultation areasThe Royal Pharmaceutical Society has received a number of queries asking whether dispensed prescriptions can be supplied and pharmacy medicines sold while the pharmacist is undertaking a private consultation with a patient on the pharmacy premises (for example, when a pharmacist is conducting a medi…