More guidance on regulation of dispensing/pharmacy assistants
Further guidance relating to the grandparent clause arrangements for dispensing/pharmacy assistants has been published by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. The guidance takes the form of answers to some frequently asked questions (FAQs).
The grandparent clause (PJ, 17 January, p67) is a transitional arrangement
that makes provision for existing staff to demonstrate their competence
to a minimum standard and to continue working without the need to obtain
a new qualification. It is based on prior completion of a dispensing
assistants’ course and/or the completion of a declaration of competence
by a pharmacist.
Janet Flint, the Society’s head of support staff regulation, said
that the FAQs offer further guidance on who the minimum competence requirement
applies to, completing the declaration of competence form and carrying
out an assessment of competence.
The FAQs and other documents can be downloaded from the support
staff section of the Society’s website.
Further information is available from Ms Flint (tel 020 7572 2410; e-mail
janet.flint@rpsgb.org)
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