Accuracy
of prescription endorsements more
Adherence to pharmacy
employers' security procedures more
Administration of adrenaline (epinephrine) in an emergency
Amendment to the
veterinary section of the ‘Medicines, ethics and practice’ guide
Amendments to emergency
first aid booklet more
Amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations: guidance
for pharmacists (2005)
Approved wording
on instalment prescriptions to cover pharmacy closures
Aspirin and aloxiprin
labels and inserts more
Ban on Sunday sales
of methylated spirits lifted in England, Wales and NI more
Capping dispensing
containers on receipt from wholesaler
Change of drug names
from BANs to rINNs more
Changes to the arrangements
for dealing with private Controlled Drug prescriptions
Changes to the arrangements
for dealing with Controlled Drug requisitions — Part I
Changes
to aspirin labelling and leaflets: transitional period for 75mg products more
Changes to aspirin
legislation from 1 October 2003 more
Changes to Misuse
of Drugs Regulations more
Changes to
the return and storage
of waste medicines in Scotland
Change to the status
of midazolam on 1 January 2008
Change to the types
of outpatient FP10 prescription forms used in hospitals more
Checking contents
of manufacturers' packs more
Checking the identity of
a medical practitioner
Checking nurse prescribers'
credentials more
Checking pharmacists'
credentials more
Child-resistant closures more
Child-resistant packaging
Chloramphenicol errors more
Concerns over
supplies of insulin more
Co-operation with investigations into a health care professional’s fitness to practise more
Copying of certificates more (updated
January 2008)
Correction to the “Denatured
alcohol” section of ‘Medicines, ethics and practice’
Corrections to the “Retail sale of pharmacy medicines” and “Labelling of medicinal products' sections of MEP
Date-expired Controlled Drugs stock more
Destruction of out-of-date
Controlled Drugs more
Destruction of schedule
1, 2, 3 and 4 part I Controlled Drugs
Dispensing of methotrexate more
Dispensing overseas
prescriptions more
Disposal of pharmaceutical
waste more
Do not accept FP10s
for replenishing surgery stock more
Emergency supplies of
prescription-only medicines
Endorsement of prescriptions more
Ensuring accuracy in the supply of the balance of a part-dispensed prescription more
Ensuring adequate professional indemnity insurance cover for professional
activities
Extemporaneous preparation of methadone mixture more
Extended formulary nurse prescribers and Controlled
Drugs
Fitness for locum duties more
Freedom of Information Act 2000: publication schemes more
Further changes to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001
Gifts and inducements
Guidance on reporting sexual activity in children under 13 years more
Handwriting exemptions for Controlled Drug prescribing more (updated 18
June 2005)
Homoeopathy and malaria prophylaxis
Hypromellose preparations more
Identity of pharmacy visitors more
Instalment dispensing more updated June 2006
Instalment dispensing of diazepam on FP10(MDA) more
Interim guidance for pharmacist supervision and private consultation areas more
Keep medicines out of the reach
and sight of children
Ketamine becomes a Class
C Controlled Drug
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Licence requirements for
the prescribing of cocaine, diamorphine and dipipanone for addiction
Making adequate provision for pharmacists to have appropriate rest breaks more
Medication error logs
Corrections to “Medicines, ethics and practice”, p26 and
p30 concerning Controlled Drugs
Operating department
practitioners and ordering of Controlled Drugs
Methadone oral solution
Methamphetamine: link to cold remedies and reclassification
Metropolitan Police investigations and release of patient confidential data
Minimising the risk of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) more
Missed doses or collections of methadone
Move to introduce stronger penalties for unlawfully breaching patient confidentiality
New Home Office telephone number for confirming practitioners' CD status more
New powers for accountable
officers and operating department practitioners following changes to Controlled
Drugs legislation
Notification of errors
Occupational health schemes more
Sale of paracetamol
Patient confidentiality and police inspection of private prescription records more
Patients may not legally extemporaneously compound a product that contains a
Controlled Drug
Personal control more
Pharmacists' indemnity insurance must cover all professional activities more
Pharmacy staffing levels more
Placing orders with specials manufacturers more
Preventing NHS fraud
Private Controlled Drugs prescriptions and other changes to the prescribing
and dispensing of Controlled Drugs
Products containing citronella oil or eucalyptus oil
Professional accountability more
Professional judgement needed in sales of Valoid (cyclizine) more
Provision of home delivery services for prescription medicines more
Record-keeping for supply of "specials" more
Requirement to report matters
related to conduct and fitness to practise to the Society
Responsibility and delegation more
Rest breaks
Restriction on OTC
pack sizes of analgesics containing codeine or dihydrocodeine
Restrictions on personal
control
Restriction on sale or supply of pseudoephedrine and ephedrine containing
medicines
Restrictions on the sale of plano (zero powered), cosmetic contact lenses
Revised forms authorising the purchase and use of strychnine more
Safe storage of medicines in
patients' homes
The Society's
new powers under the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007 in relation to health cases
Stolen registration certificate more
Storage of medicines by patients more
Strychnine no longer approved for mole control
Substitution of colourless and/or sugar-free methadone mixture more
Supply of drug paraphernalia more
Supply of extemporaneously prepared products containing Schedule 5 Controlled
Drugs more
Supply of medicinal products to optometrists more
Talking to the media more
Technical errors on Schedule
2 and 3 Controlled Drug prescriptions
Telephoned orders for "specials" more
Telephoned requests for emergency prescription supplies more
Update on sale and supply of pseudoephedrine and ephedrine containing
medicines
Use of mobile phones in the dispensary more
Validity of CD prescriptions
Validity period for owing slips
The Veterinary Medicines
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