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Invitation to tender to undertake the accreditation on behalf of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of medicine counter assistant courses (17 November 2001)

Since 1996 it has been a professional requirement of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain that any assistant who is given delegated authority to sell medicines under a protocol should have undertaken, or be undertaking an accredited course relevant to their duties. The Society's requirement is that courses should cover the knowledge and understanding associated with unit 3.10 of the Pharmacy Services S/NVQ level 3, which is entitled "Assist in the sale of OTC medicines and provide information to customers on symptoms and products".

The Society is seeking tenders to undertake the accreditation of medicines counter assistant courses on the Society's behalf for a three-year period starting from late spring, 2002. There are seven courses currently accredited.

Tenders will be expected to outline the following:

• What information will be sought from course providers, and when
• Details of the accreditation procedure
• Composition of the accrediting panel
• Proposed fee structure
• Where appropriate, how any potential conflicts of interest will be managed

Further details can be obtained from Janet Flint in the Society's practice division (tel 020 7572 2410, e-mail jflint@rpsgb.org.uk).

The closing date for submissions is 31 January 2002.

M. B. PAWLUCZYK (Mrs)

Secretary to the Statutory Committee

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