Accuracy
of prescription endorsements more
Adherence to pharmacy
employers' security procedures more
Administration of adrenaline
(epinephrine) in an emergency
Amendments to emergency
first aid booklet 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
CD register entries
for hydromorphone more
Change of drug names
from BANs to rINNs more
Changes to aspirin
labelling and leaflets: transitional period for 75mg products more
Changes to Misuse
of Drugs Regulations more
Change to the status
of midazolam on 1 January 2008
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
Clarification of the “Controlled Drugs in hospital” section of ‘Medicines,
ethics and practice: a guide for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, issue
31
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 CDs
returned by patients 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Destruction of out-of-date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 prescriptions
for hypromellose eye-drops more
Emergency supplies of
prescription-only medicines
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
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
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Identity of pharmacy visitors more
Instalment dispensing
of buprenorphine more (February
2003)
Instalment dispensing more (April
2005) updated July 2005
Keep medicines out of the reach
and sight of children
Ketamine becomes
a Class C Controlled
Drug
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
Minimising the risk of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) more
(The) Misuse of Drugs Regulations
2001 more
Move to introduce stronger penalties for unlawfully breaching patient confidentiality
New powers for accountable
officers and operating department practitioners following
changes to Controlled Drugs legislation
Notification of errors
Patients may not legally
extemporaneously compound a product that contains a
Controlled Drug
Pharmacists' indemnity insurance
must cover all professional activities more
Placing orders with specials manufacturers more
Professional responsibility when dispensing 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
Restrictions on personal
control
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
Storage of medicines by patients more
Substitution of colourless and/or sugar-free methadone mixture more
Supply of drug paraphernalia more
Talking to the media more
Technical errors on Schedule
2 and 3 Controlled Drug prescriptions
Telephoned orders for "specials" more
Use of mobile phones in the dispensary more
Validity of CD prescriptions
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