Practice advice

An occasional feature, prepared in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Professional Standards Directorate, to highlight problems and inquiries currently being handled

In the light of several cases being brought before the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Infringements Committee, pharmacists are reminded that where an error occurs and the subsequent completion of an error log is made by someone other than the person who made the mistake, it is essential that the pharmacist responsible for the error is notified

The Law and Ethics Bulletins issued by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's legal and ethical advisory service are to be published on the Society's website as well as on the Society pages of The Pharmaceutical Journal

An occasional feature, prepared in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Professional Standards Directorate, to highlight problems and inquiries currently being handled

A new book giving practical guidance on pharmaceutical care is now available to purchase from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's publishing division, the Pharmaceutical Press

A new edition of a guide to advising on over-the-counter medicines is now available from the Pharmaceutical Press (the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's publishing division)

Pharmacists are advised that further changes to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 have been made

Guidance on further changes to the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 has been issued by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

A pharmacist convicted of dishonesty has escaped punishment by the Statutory Committee after the committee decided that it could not hear an inquiry eight years after the offence

In the first issue of each month The Journal updates the guidance on the legal status of medicines published in the 30th (July 2006) edition of 'Medicines, ethics and practice: A guide for pharmacists'