The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 269 No 7215 p358-361
14 September 2002

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Interesting and useful account

From Dr D. N. John, MRPharmS

Having read the article (PDF 65K) regarding consent and confidentiality by Wingfield and Foster (PJ, 7 September, pp328–31) I wondered whether some pharmacists may not have read this interesting and useful account, thinking perhaps that as they are not yet involved with electronic transmission of prescriptions (ETP) the article may not be a priority read as far as their personal continuing professional development is concerned.

However, much of what is written in the article is relevant to conventional prescriptions, and indeed the general roles and responsibilities of pharmacists. Therefore, pharmacists may find it useful to update or refresh their knowledge on recent changes affecting these aspects of health care law and personal information by reading this article together with the relevant sections of ‘Medicines, ethics and practice: a guide for pharmacists’ number 26 (July 2002). Further, preregistration graduates and pharmacy students should also find the article of interest and use.

Dai John
Head of Clinical Pharmacy, Law, Ethics & Practice
Welsh School of Pharmacy,
Cardiff

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