Across the UK, the profession is getting to grips with the Responsible Pharmacist regulations ahead of their implementation on October 1.
On these pages of the website, C+D and the NPA, supported by McNeil Products Ltd, will bring you all the tools and advice you need to prepare. Read the columns, download the SOPs as they become available and ask the expert if there's something you are unsure about.
NEW: The RPSGB has published guidance on the activities that can take place in a registered pharmacy when a responsible pharmacist is not present. To download the guidance and to find out more about the Responsible Pharmacist regulations from official sources and industry bodies.
In this section, Michelle Styles, the NPA's former head of information services, answers some of the more frequently asked questions about the Responsible Pharmacist regulations. Click here >>
You can also email Wing Tang, specialist pharmacist advisor at the NPA, with your own queries and read responses from both Michelle and Wing to the questions readers have posted so far. Click here >>
PLEASE NOTE: On September 21, 2009 the RPSGB issued guidance on the Responsible Pharmacist regulations. The answers in this section were prepared well in advance of publication of this guidance and may therefore be affected by it. Wing Tang explains what the new guidance meanshere.
To help you bring your working practices up to date ahead of the Responsible Pharmacist regulations on October 1, the NPA will be providing a complete series of 15 SOPs that will be available for free download. Find out more about the topics covered.
Professor Joy Wingfield, special professor of pharmacy law and ethics at the University of Nottingham, has compiled a quick reference guide on the Responsible Pharmacist regulations. The guide contains practical advice for managers, employee pharmacists and locums, and once you've read it you can find out how much you know about being a Responsible Pharmacist by taking our online quiz.
