Pharmacy Legislation & Law Flashcards
What are the legal requirements for a prescription?
-Signed and written in ink, dispensed within 6 months, name, address, age if under 12, address of prescriber and prescribers particulars
What is SLS medication?
-Drugs that can only be prescribed in certain circumstances for certain conditions must be endorsed as SLS
What is the ACBS?
-Advisory Committee On Borderline Substances- Products such as food, things that will improve quality of life but won’t treat condition
What are the 3 things you assess on a prescription regarding the product?
-Is it permitted on the NHS, can the prescriber prescribe it?, is it on a valid NHS prescription
Who is responsible for issuing licensing on medication?
-MHRA will issue a marketing authorisation
What are the requirements for a product to be classified as POM?
-Direct or indirect risk to health even when used correctly without supervision, frequently used incorrectly which leads to harm, further investigation needed
What are packaging requirements?
-name of medicine, dosage/strength, route of administration, warnings, indication
What are the blister pack requirements?
-Name, strength/form, expiry and batch, holder of MA
What are the dispensing label requirements ?
-Name & address of patient, name and address of pharmacy, date of dispensing, name of medicine, directions for use, precautions, signature
Where do you find the black list and SLS?
-Drug Tariff
What act protects workers from reprisals, dismissal act after the disclosure of concerns in the publics best interest ?
-Public Disclosure Act 1998
When does duty of candour apply?
-When both of the conditions are met:
1) the service user has suffered an adverse outcome
2) the provision of healthcare may have been a factor in the service user suffering that outcome
What is real consent?
-Consent that is full, free from duress and reasonably informed
What act enables treatment to be given to mentally incapable patients?
-Mental Capacity Act 2005
What is PIDA?
-Public Interest Disclosure Act- approach to raising and escalating concerns
What is the importance of raising concerns?
-Duty of care, protecting the people receiving care, public safety
What do you do in the event of a dispensing error?
-Establish if any medication taken, inspect incorrect med, apologise, never minimise seriousness, supply correct med if appropriate, establish expectations, provide complaint details if requested, try and establish wheat went wrong
How do you assess capacity?
-Person to be able to: Understand information, remember it, use and weigh up information provided, communicate decision back to you
