BBC sting continues to see fall-out with striking-off of pharmacist A London pharmacist’s claim that he was making emergency supplies when he sold prescription-only medicines (POMs) to an undercover reporter was not plausible, a fitness-to-practise (FTP) committee ruled as it struck him off.…
Student fitness to practise procedures should be more consistent, RPS conference told Inconsistency in the way fitness to practise cases are dealt with between different universities may be cause for concern, Mark Pitt of the Pharmacists’ Defence Association told conference audience.…
Educating for excellence Mike Hannay describes what attendees will take away from the RPS Annual Conference stream he is chairing on pharmacy education.…
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…
Patient information leaflets — impact of European regulations on safe and effective use of medicinesThis study aims to assess the impact of European regulations concerning patient information leaflets on the safe and effective use of medicines. Medicines are the most common intervention in health care, and their safe and effective use depends on a number of factors.…
Shrouded in mistAlthough Lord Carter of Coles has now endorsed the recommendation set out in the White Paper 'Trust, Assurance and Safety' (p573) and supports the establishment of a pharmacy regulator — a General Pharmaceutical Council — the other structure — a body akin to a royal college — remains shr…
Profession should invest some faith in a metamorphosis of the SocietyOn one level the future of the profession has been decided: the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain as we know it will be no more because there is a Government will to set up a regulatory body in the form of a General Pharmaceutical Council. There is a more nebulous aspiration to set up a …
Council agrees new guidance on supervision during consultationsThe Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has agreed guidance on supervision that will allow the sale and supply of pharmacy and prescription-only medicines while a pharmacist is involved in a private consultation with a patient. The guidance was approved at the December Council meetingon …