Welsh children’s NSF sets training standards
Minimum training standards for pharmacy curriculums have been specified
in the Welsh National Service Framework for Children, Young People and
Maternity Services, published last week.
The NSF says that undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy curriculums
must include training in the principles of prescribing and use of medicines
for children. It adds that similar training provisions should be in place
for other health care professions, as prescribing rights are extended.
Other requirements of the NSF are that local health boards and NHS trusts
should have a medicines strategy that includes a named pharmacist with
expertise in paediatric medicine. They must also have access to a standard
and regularly updated information source on children’s medicines,
such as the BNF-C, available to all practitioners who prescribe, administer
or dispense medicines for children. This should be available both in
hard copy and electronically.
The NSF also says that chronic treatment must be reviewed annually by
pharmacists and GPs and that children’s homes, residential care
homes, residential schools, foster carers, hospices and secure units
imust have a pre-agreed contact point from which they can obtain pharmaceutical
advice. |
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