Regulation of dispensing/pharmacy assistants
· Minimum competence requirement PDF (100K)
· More guidance: Questions and answers
PDF (120K)
15 January 2005
· Skill mix decisions must be made locally more
18 December 2004
· Provisional accreditation for first three courses
developed to meet competence requirement for dispensing/pharmacy assistants more
4 December 2004
Cut-off date looms for assistants’ declaration of competence forms more
2 October
Regulation of dispensing/ pharmacy assistants: declarations of competence under
grandparent clause arrangements more
3 July
CPP to accredit courses for dispensing assistants more
29 May
More guidance on regulation of dispensing/pharmacy assistants more
4 May
Technicians should submit contact details more
10 April
Competence of working students and preregistration trainees more
31 January
Welsh pharmacists learn about Society's plans for regulation of dispensing/pharmacy
assistants and pharmacy technicians more
Who will sign the “grandparent clause” in a pharmacy that does not have a permanent pharmacist manager? more
Pharmacy technicians
19 February 2005
· More than 260 technicians have joined Society’s
voluntary register more
· Reminder that competencies lists are only a starting
point more
22 January 2005
· Interest in technician register more
15 January 2005
· Four pharmacy technicians are the first to register with the Society this week more
· Skill mix decisions must be made locally more
18 December 2004
· Society opens its voluntary register for pharmacy
technicians more
13 November 2004
· Technicians workshops more
4 September 2004
· Regulation of pharmacy technicians PDF (150K)
· Code of ethics for technicians is published more
7 February
· Society consults on a code of ethics for pharmacy technicians more
· Consultation on a Code of Ethics for Pharmacy Technicians PDF (90K)
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19 February 2005
· More than 260 technicians have joined Society’s
voluntary register more
· Reminder that competencies lists are only a starting
point more |
Pharmacy support staff definitions
Pharmacy technician
A person
who holds a Pharmacy Services Scottish/National Vocational Qualification
(S/NVQ) level 3 qualification or a qualification that has previously
recognised by employers as a valid qualification for pharmacy technicians.
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain is moving towards
the regulation of pharmacy technicians that will include registration
with the Society. Further information on this can be obtained from
Janet Flint (e-mail janet.flint@rpsgb.org).
Dispensing assistant/dispenser/ pharmacy assistant/
assistant technical officer (ATO)
A person involved
in a range of pharmacy support activities
covered by the 2005 minimum competence requirements.
Medicines counter assistant
A person who has satisfactorily completed
or is undertaking an accredited programme of training for work in
support of the sale of non-prescription medicines, the receipt of
prescriptions, the handing out of completed dispensed items and the
provision of advice on health matters. |
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