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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: Date order  |  Keywords  |  Community pharmacy   Hospital pharmacy


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DISPENSING

Accuracy of prescription endorsements more

Amendments to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations: guidance for pharmacists (2005)


Capping dispensing containers on receipt from wholesaler

Care needed when dispensing chloramphenicol eye or ear drops more

Change of drug names from BANs to rINNs more

Changes to aspirin labelling and leaflets: transitional period for 75mg products more

Checking contents of manufacturers' packs more

Checking the identity of a medical practitioner

Checking nurse prescribers' credentials more

Checking of paediatric dosages more

Child-resistant packaging

Chloramphenicol errors more


Destruction of out-of-date Controlled Drugs more

Dispensing of methotrexate more

Dispensing overseas prescriptions more

Dispensing outstanding balances of prescriptions more

Dispensing prescriptions for hypromellose eye-drops more

Dispensing products in patient packs more


Emergency supplies of prescription-only medicines

Ensuring accuracy in the supply of the balance of a part-dispensed prescription more

Extemporaneous preparation of methadone mixture more


Guidance on reporting sexual activity in children under 13 years more


Hypromellose preparations more

Instalment dispensing more (April 2005) updated June 2006

Interim guidance for pharmacist supervision and private consultation areas more


Keep medicines out of the reach and sight of children


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

Methadone oral solution

Minimising the risk of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) more


New Home Office telephone number for confirming practitioners' CD status more

Notification of errors


Placing orders with specials manufacturers more

Professional accountability more

Professional responsibility when dispensing more

Provision of home delivery services for prescription medicines more


Spare dispensing labels for homes or carers more

Substitution of colourless and/or sugar-free methadone mixture more

Supply of extemporaneously prepared products containing Schedule 5 Controlled Drugs more


Technical errors on Schedule 2 and 3 Controlled Drug prescriptions

Telephoned requests for emergency prescription supplies more


Unlicensed products for dispensing more


Validity of CD prescriptions

The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2006

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