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EDX/20/1154
Date of prep: December 2020

Prescribing information and
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independent prescribing

‘Pharmacy First’ a first for pharmacy

6th February 2020 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

Once again, these green shoots and genuine leadership are emerging from Scotland.

Filed Under: Opinion, Scotland Tagged With: independent prescribing, Pharmacy First

GPhC outline five key areas to consider before prescribing

1st December 2019 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

The Council of the GPhC has approved new guidance for pharmacist prescribers to ensure that they provide safe and effective care when prescribing. The Guidance for pharmacist prescribers covers five key areas that pharmacist prescribers must consider in order to prescribe safely and effectively. These are: Taking responsibility for prescribing safely. Keeping up to date and prescribing within their level of competence. Working in partnership with other healthcare professionals and persons seeking care. Prescribing considerations and clinic judgement. Raising concerns.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: GPhC, independent prescribing, Non-medical prescribing, Prescribin, regulation, Regulator

Dilemma: Is this GP pharmacist incompetent and unsafe?

23rd July 2019 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

In the second in a series of professional dilemmas that will follow a pharmacists new to working in general practice.

Filed Under: Professional Dilemmas Tagged With: Dilemma, GP Pharmacists, GP pharmacy, independent prescribing, Non-medical prescribing, Prescribing, professional dilemma

Dilemma results: Is this prescribing pharmacist practising unsafely?

2nd July 2019 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

Pharmacists have had the opportunity to train as independent prescribers since 2006. Since then many pharmacists have achieved the qualification. This is the first in a series of professional dilemmas that will seek to understand how pharmacists would approach certain situations in relation to being an independent prescriber.

Filed Under: Professional Dilemmas Tagged With: Ethical dilemma, independent prescribing, Pharmacist prescribing, pharmacy in practice, Pharmacy in Practice Scotland, professional dilemma

Dilemma: Is this independent prescribing pharmacist practising unsafely?

26th June 2019 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

Pharmacists have had the opportunity to train as independent prescribers since 2006. Since then many pharmacists have achieved the qualification. This is the first in a series of professional dilemmas that will seek to understand how pharmacists would approach certain situations in relation to being an independent prescriber.

Filed Under: Professional Dilemmas Tagged With: Ethical dilemma, independent prescribing, Pharmacist prescribing, pharmacy in practice, Pharmacy in Practice Scotland, Prescribing, professional dilemma

Pharmacist prescribing will continue to be risky if we don’t get the basics right

21st June 2019 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

Like so many others recently I took the leap to the promised land of general practice. I have not really written about my experience of working in general practice largely because until now (2 years in) I had my head down finding my feet in this devilishly complex yet interesting role.

Filed Under: Opinion Tagged With: GP Pharmacists, GP pharmacy, independent prescribing, johnathan lai, pharms in GP

Prescribing in community pharmacy: The next big thing or a risky business?

18th June 2019 by PIP editor 1 Comment

Make no mistake pharmacist independent prescribing can easily become a very risky and potentially dangerous activity if the level of competence of the prescriber is not sufficient.

Filed Under: Insight Tagged With: independent prescribing, Johnathan Laird, Pharmacist prescribing, pharmacy in practice, Pharmacy in Practice Scotland, Prescribing

Community pharmacy prescribing in Scotland

7th June 2019 by PIP editor 1 Comment

Sam Falconer talks about community pharmacy prescribing in Scotland, the need for more funding and hope for the future

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: community pharmacist, community pharmacy, community pharmacy Scotland, future, future of pharmacy, independent prescribing, Pharmacist prescribing, pharmacy in practice, Pharmacy in Practice Scotland

Three further batches losartan recalled from pharmacies

22nd March 2019 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

  The MHRA has recalled three batches of Losartan tablets due to contamination with the nitrosamine N-nitroso-N-methylamino butyric acid.   As a precautionary measure to protect public health, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) today recalled three batches of Losartan tablets due to contamination with the nitrosamine N-nitroso-N-methylamino butyric acid (NMBA). The affected […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: clinical pharmacy, community pharmacist, Hospital pharmacy, independent pharmacy, independent prescribing, recall

Considering becoming an independent pharmacist prescriber? Read on…

29th January 2016 by PIP editor Leave a Comment

  “A pharmacist independent prescriber is a practitioner who is responsible and accountable for the assessment of patients with diagnosed or undiagnosed conditions and for decisions about clinical the clinical management required, including prescribing”(1). Due to the breadth of the role of a pharmacist independent prescriber, it is important to define the limitations of the […]

Filed Under: Blogs, Pharmacy practice Tagged With: clinical pharmacy, community pharmacy, independent prescribing, Johnathan Laird

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