Week 2

Question 1

What is standard 1?

Answer 1

Pharmacy professionals must provide person-cantered care

Question 2

What is standard 2?

Answer 2

Pharmacy professionals must work in partnership with others

Question 3

What is standard 3?

Answer 3

Pharmacy professionals must communicate effectively

Question 4

What is standard 4?

Answer 4

Pharmacy professionals must maintain, develop and use their professionals knowledge and skills

Question 5

What is standard 5?

Answer 5

Pharmacy professionals must use their professional judgement

Question 6

What is standard 6?

Answer 6

Pharmacy professionals must behave in a professional manner

Question 7

What is standard 7?

Answer 7

Pharmacy professionals must respect and maintain a persons confidentiality and privacy

Question 8

What is standard 8?

Answer 8

Pharmacy professionals must speak up when they have concerns or when things go wrong

Question 9

What is standard 8?

Answer 9

Pharmacy professionals must speak up when they have concerns or when things go wrong

Question 10

What is standard 9?

Answer 10

Pharmacy professionals must demonstrate leadership

Question 11

What is fitness to practice?

Answer 11

Skills
Knowledge
Character
Health

Question 12

What is the legislation for fitness to practice?

Answer 12

Pharmacy order 2010

Question 13

What are some examples of wrongdoings in pharmacy?

Answer 13

Serious unprofessionalism or inappropriate behaviour
Dishonesty or fraud
Working under the influence of drug or drinks

Question 14

What are the stages of action taken in the wrongdoings for pharmacy professionals?

Answer 14

Stage 1) we receive a concern
Stage 2) we investigate a concern
Stage 3) investigating committee
Stage 4) fitness to practice committee

Question 15

What do you expect to happen when you act as a witness at each stage of action taken?

Answer 15

Stage 1) we will contact you to ask what happened
Stage 2) we will ask you to give a formal statement
Stage 3) we will tell you the outcome the committee decides
Stage 4) we will arrange with you to give evidence at the hearing

Question 16

How is fitness to practice reviewed?

Answer 16

Annual declaration
Complete revalidation records

Question 17

What are the possible outcomes for the first step in the wrongdoings of pharmacists?

Answer 17

close the case
pass it on to another regulator or agency
begin an investigation

Question 18

What are the possible outcomes for the second step in the wrongdoings of pharmacists?

Answer 18

visiting site, speaking to the pharmacy proffesional involved and identifying any witnesses
aim to complete investigations within three to nine months
interim orders allow for a pharmacy proffesionals registration to be suspended

Question 19

what is the threshold criteria for a case to be reffered to the IC?

Answer 19

Conduct
Health
Public interest

Question 20

What are the possible outcomes for the third step in the wrongdoings of pharmacists?

Answer 20

private meeting that considers written evidence
usually include four people
Outcomes:
take no action
give advice to pharmacist
issue a warning
agree undertakings
practise is impaired
refer to an FtPC

Question 21

What are the possible outcomes for the fourth step in the wrongdoings of pharmacists?

Answer 21

commitee will hold a hearing in public
balance of probabilities
decision is called a determination
Outcomes the same as step 3

Question 22

how long do you have to wait to reapply?

Answer 22

five years