Law and Ethics Bulletin (listed by date)

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The Bulletin is prepared in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Fitness to Practise and Legal Affairs Directorate, to highlight problems and inquiries currently being handled

2001-today: Keywords | Community pharmacy Hospital pharmacy

Advertising

Care homes
Controlled drugs

Dispensing

EHC

Labelling

OTC

Poisons
Prescriptions

Registration

Veterinary

Miscellaneous

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

2008: January
January 2008
Jan 5/12	Copying of registration certificates
Jan 5/12	Restrictions on the sale of plano (zero powered), cosmetic contact lenses

2007: January February March April May June July August September October November December
December 2007
December 15	Changes to the arrangements for dealing with Controlled Drug requisitions — Part I
December 8	Update on sale and supply of pseudoephedrine and ephedrine containing medicines
December 8	Change to the status of midazolam on 1 January 2008
December 1	Corrections to “Medicines, ethics and practice”, p26 and p30 concerning Controlled Drugs • Operating department practitioners and ordering of Controlled Drugs • The retention of veterinary Controlled Drug prescriptions
November 2007
November 10	Ensuring adequate professional indemnity insurance cover for professional activities
October 2007
October 20	Legal and Ethical Advisory Service fact sheet changes
September 2007
September 22	Patients may not legally extemporaneously compound a product that contains a Controlled Drug
September 8	Clarification of the “Controlled Drugs in hospital” section of ‘Medicines, ethics and practice: a guide for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, issue 31
September 8	Restriction on sale or supply of pseudoephedrine and ephedrine containing medicines
September 1	Changes to the arrangements for dealing with private Controlled Drug prescriptions
August 2007
August 18	New powers for accountable officers and operating department practitioners following changes to Controlled Drugs legislation
August 18	Destruction of schedule 1, 2, 3 and 4 part I Controlled Drugs
July 2007
July 28	Restrictions on the self selection of pharmacy medicines to remain
June 2007
June 30	Medication error logs
June 23	Gifts and inducements
June 23	The Society's new powers under the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007 in relation to health cases
June 23	Gifts and inducements
June 9	Move to introduce stronger penalties for unlawfully breaching patient confidentiality
May 2007
May 12	Requirement to report matters related to conduct and fitness to practise to the Society
May 12	Child-resistant packaging
April 2007
April 21	Correction to the “Denatured alcohol” section of ‘Medicines, ethics and practice’
March 2007
March 31	Restriction on OTC pack sizes of analgesics containing codeine or dihydrocodeine
February 2007
Feb 17	CLARIFICATION: Changes to the return and storage of waste medicines in Scotland
Feb 17	CLARIFICATION: Validity period for owing slips
Feb 10	Metropolitan Police investigations and release of patient confidential data
Feb 10	Medication error logs
Feb 3	Administration of adrenaline (epinephrine) in an emergency
January 2007
Jan 27	Methamphetamine: link to cold remedies and reclassification
Jan 27	Missed doses or collections of methadone
Jan 20	Validity period for owing slips
Jan 20	Rest breaks

2006: Jan Feb March April May June July August Sep Oct Nov Dec
December 2006
December 23/30	Approved wording on instalment prescriptions to cover pharmacy closures
December 2	Changes to the return and storage of waste medicines in Scotland
December 2	Restrictions on personal control
November 2006
November 25	Preventing NHS fraud
November 25	Homoeopathy and malaria prophylaxis
November 25	Methadone oral solution
November 4	Licence requirements for the prescribing of cocaine, diamorphine and dipipanone for addiction
October 2006
October 21	Corrections to the “Retail sale of pharmacy medicines” and “Labelling of medicinal products' sections of MEP
October 21	Amendment to the Law and Ethics Bulletin on The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2006
October 14	The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2006
October 14	Clarification: products containing citronella oil or eucalyptus oil
October 7	Sale of paracetamol
October 7	Products containing citronella oil or eucalyptus oil
October 7	Strychnine no longer approved for mole control
September 2006
September 30	Notification of errors
September 23	Technical errors on Schedule 2 and 3 Controlled Drug prescriptions
September 9	Further changes to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001
August 2006
August 19	Emergency supplies of prescription-only medicines
August 19	Amendment to the veterinary section of the ‘Medicines, ethics and practice’ guide
July 2006
July 29	Checking the identity of a medical practitioner
July 29	Keep medicines out of the reach and sight of children
June 2006
June 17	Safe storage of medicines in patients' homes
June 10	Instalment dispensing of Controlled Drugs
June 3	Contact details for organisations that may help with pharmacists' queries
May 2006
May 20	Validity of CD prescriptions
April 2006
April 8	Private Controlled Drugs prescriptions and other changes to the prescribing and dispensing of Controlled Drugs
March 2006
March 25	Telephoned requests for emergency prescription supplies
March 25	Provision of home delivery services for prescription medicines
March 18	Capping dispensing containers on receipt from wholesaler
February 2006
Feb 25	Extemporaneous preparation of methadone mixture
Feb 18	Making adequate provision for pharmacists to have appropriate rest breaks
January 2006
Jan 7	Ketamine becomes a Class C Controlled Drug
Jan 7	Extended formulary nurse prescribers and Controlled Drugs

2005: Jan Feb ... April May June July August … November December
December 2005
December 17	Interim guidance for pharmacist supervision and private consultation areas
December 17	Guidance on reporting sexual activity in children under 13 years
December 10	Occupational health schemes
November 2005
November 12	Amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations: guidance for pharmacists
August 2005
August 27	Supply of extemporaneously prepared products containing Schedule 5 Controlled Drugs
August 27	Date-expired Controlled Drugs stock
July 2005
July 23	Instalment dispensing of Controlled Drugs
June 2005
June 18	Professional judgement needed in sales of Valoid (cyclizine)
June 18	Handwriting exemption for Controlled Drug prescribing
June 18	Instalment dispensing of diazepam on FP10(MDA)
May 2005
May 28	Co-operation with investigations into a health care professional’s fitness to practise
April 2005
Apr 30	Instalment dispensing
February 2005
Feb 26	Substitution of colourless and/or sugar-free methadone mixture
Feb 5	Endorsement of prescriptions
January 2005
Jan 22	Fitness for locum duties
Jan 1/8	Chloramphenicol errors

2004: Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep
September 2004
Sep 25	Talking to the media
Sep 25	Hypromellose preparations
August 2004
August 28	Personal control
August 21	Pharmacists' indemnity insurance must cover all professional activities
July 2004
July 3	Dispensing overseas prescriptions
June 2004
June 5	Storage of medicines by patients
May 2004
May 8	Minimising the risk of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE)
May 8	Ensuring accuracy in the supply of the balance of a part-dispensed prescription
April 2004
April 24	Placing orders with specials manufacturers
April 10	Accuracy of prescription endorsements
April 3	Checking contents of manufacturers' packs
March 2004
March 27	Destruction of out-of-date Controlled Drugs
March 20	Change of drug names from BANs to rINNs
March 13	Ban on Sunday sales of methylated spirits lifted in England, Wales and NI
February 2004
February 28	Professional accountability
January 2004
January 31	Child-resistant closures
January 17	Aspirin and aloxiprin labels and inserts
January 17	Amendments to emergency first aid booklet

2003: Jan \| Feb \| Apr \| June \| July \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Nov
November 2003
November 22	New Home Office telephone number for confirming practitioners' CD status
October 2003
October 25	Handwriting exemptions for Controlled Drug prescribing
October 25	Supply of drug paraphernalia
October 25	Copying of certificates
October 18	Dispensing of methotrexate
October 11	Use of mobile phones in the dispensary
October 11	Adherence to pharmacy employers' security procedures
October 4	Changes to aspirin labelling and leaflets: transitional period for 75mg products
September 2003
September 27	Changes to aspirin legislation from 1 October 2003
September 6	Supply of medicinal products to optometrists
August 2003
August 9	Change to the types of outpatient FP10 prescription forms used in hospitals
July 2003
July 19	Freedom of Information Act 2000: publication schemes
July 5	Disposal of pharmaceutical waste
July 5	Checking of paediatric dosages
June 2003
June 28	Changes to Misuse of Drugs Regulations
June 21	Pharmacy staffing levels
June 21	Amended PGD resource pack
April 2003
April 19	Checking pharmacists' credentials
April 5	Care needed when dispensing chloramphenicol eye or ear drops
February 2003
February 15	Sale of substances included in Schedule 1 to the Poisons Rules
January 2003
January 4	Covert administration of medicines
January 4	Stolen registration certificate
January 4	Revised forms authorising the purchase and use of strychnine

2002: Jan \| Feb \| March \| June \| Aug \| Nov \| Dec
December 2002
December 7	Checking nurse prescribers' credentials
November 2002
November 2	Registered addresses of pharmacists, pharmacy companies and partnerships
August 2002
August 31	Automatic prescription endorsement
June 2002
June 15	Patient confidentiality and police inspection of private prescription records
June 1	Professional responsibility when dispensing
June 1	Supervision of CDs within the pharmacy
June 1	Spare dispensing labels for homes or carers
June 1	Sale of strychnine for the killing of moles
March 2002
March 23	Safe storage of methadone in the home
March 23	Retention of private prescriptions
March 16	Endorsement of prescriptions
March 16	Instalment dispensing of buprenorphine (updated February 2003)
March 16	Labelling of medicines in care homes
February 2002
February 23	Use of reference sources
February 23	Identity of pharmacy visitors
January 2002
January 26	The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001

2001: Jan \| Feb \| March \| April \| June \| July \| Aug \| Sep \| Oct \| Dec
December 2001
December 8	CD register entries for hydromorphone
October 2001
October 27	Sale of chemicals and fireworks
October 20	Sale of chemicals
September 2001
September 22	Destruction of CDs returned by patients
August 2001
August 25	Advertising and promotion of infant formula baby milks
July 2001
July 28	Dispensing products in patient packs
June 2001
June 16	Pharmacists' working hours
June 16	Telephoned orders for "specials"
June 9	Dispensing outstanding balances of prescriptions
April 2001
April 21	Record-keeping for supply of "specials"
April 21	Do not accept FP10s for replenishing surgery stock
March 2001
March 17	Inadequately labelled lactulose
March 3	Unlicensed products for dispensing
March 3	Over-packaging of Controlled Drugs
February 2001
February 3	Supply of vaginal imidazole preparations
January 2001
January 27	Guidance on OTC sales of emergency hormonal contraception
January 20	Dispensing prescriptions for hypromellose eye-drops
January 20	Concerns over supplies of insulin
January 6	Responsibility and delegation
January 6	Checking pharmacists' credentials