Pharmacy Law and Practice

Suitable for both students and practicing pharmacists, the latest edition of this classic textbook provides comprehensive coverage of an essential component of the U.K.pharmacy curriculum: pharmacy law and ethics.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Merrills, Jon, Fisher, Jonathan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chantilly Elsevier Science & Technology 2006
Elsevier Science
Edition:4
Subjects:
Drugs
Pharmacists
Pharmacy
ISBN:9780444522016, 0444522018
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Table of Contents:
  • The standards of professional conduct -- Internet Pharmacy -- NHS Prescription Fraud -- 26 Liability in Negligence -- Dispensing mistakes -- Breach of contract -- Negligence -- Liability as an occupier of premises -- Criminal liability for negligent conduct -- Corporate manslaughter -- Corporate Manslaughter Bill 2006 -- 27 Business Premises -- Freehold premises -- Leasehold premises -- Planning law -- 28 Business Associations -- The sole trader -- Partnership -- The limited company -- Notification of changes after incorporation -- 29 The Sale of Goods -- Contract for the sale of goods -- Remedies available to the seller and buyer in default -- Buyer's remedies -- Product liability -- 30 Employment Law -- The contract of employment -- Special categories of employee -- Employee's duties under the contract of employment -- Employer's duties under the contract of employment -- Wages issues -- Maternity issues -- Insolvent employer -- Equal pay and discrimination -- Discrimination on the grounds of race -- Disability discrimination -- Bringing the employment to an end -- Human rights at work -- 31 Human Rights -- Human rights and privacy -- Human rights and employment issues -- Human rights and property interests -- Freedom of information -- Index
  • Front cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Preface -- 1 The National Health Service -- The National Insurance Act 1911 -- The National Health Service Act 1946 -- The National Health Service Act 1977 -- New Act to consolidate NHS law -- General principles, scope and nature of the current NHS -- The National Health Services and Community Care Act 1990 -- The Health Act 1999 -- The Health and Social Care Act 2001 -- The Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003 -- Advice from the health professions -- Acts of Parliament mainly concerned with the NHS -- 2 Administration of the NHS -- Administration -- NHS Executive -- Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) -- Provision of NHS services -- Acute Trusts -- Foundation Trusts -- Primary Care Trusts -- Establishment -- Care Trusts -- Mental Health Trusts -- Ambulance Trusts -- Effects of devolution -- 3 The Supply of NHS Pharmaceutical Services -- The PCT's duty -- Pharmaceutical services -- Contractors obligations -- Terms of service -- Fundamental requirements of the terms of service -- 4 The Drug Tariff -- Form and Content of the Drug Tariff -- Part I - Requirements for the supply of drugs, appliances and chemical reagents -- Part 2 - Requirements enabling payments to be made -- 5 Applications to Dispense NHS Prescriptions -- Applications for NHS contract -- Duty of the PCT -- Application to PCT -- 6 Rural Dispensing -- History -- The current rules -- Applications by doctors -- Appeal procedure -- 7 Prescription Charges -- The Regulations -- Wales -- 8 The Interests of the Public -- New arrangements for patient involvement -- Local Authority overview -- Independent Complaints Advocacy Services (ICAS) -- Patient Advocacy and Liaison Services (PALS) -- Patient and Public Involvement Forums -- New monitoring arrangements for healthcare quality
  • The Healthcare Commission -- Access to meetings -- The Health Service Commissioner for England -- Audit Commission -- Public Health Observatories -- The Health Protection Agency -- Independent Regulator of Foundation Trusts - Monitor -- 9 Complaints and Discipline in the NHS -- Complaints and breaches of the terms of service -- Healthcare Commission -- New arrangements for dealing with serious allegations -- Referral to Royal Pharmaceutical Society -- 10 Retail Pharmacy -- The nature of the control -- History -- Retail pharmacy business -- Registered pharmacy -- 11 Manufacture and Licensing of Medicinal Products -- The Medicines Act 1968 and other controls -- European Directives -- 12 Control on Sales of Medicines -- Control of retail sales -- Prescription Only Medicines -- Wholesaling of medicines -- Advertising and sales promotion -- Monitoring and complaints -- 13 Supplies and Deliveries -- Supply of medicines in an emergency -- Collection and delivery schemes -- 14 Unlicensed Products -- Unlicensed products -- Reasons for using unlicensed products -- Exemptions for unlicensed medicines -- Specials -- Record keeping -- Exemption for doctors -- Exemption for pharmacists -- Extemporaneous preparation in the pharmacy -- Off-label use -- The Code of Ethics -- 15 Traditional and Alternative Medicines -- Herbal remedies -- Licensing of herbal remedies -- New arrangements -- Homeopathic medicines -- Restrictions on sale for safety reasons -- 16 Controlled Drugs -- Basic Provisions of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 -- Reclassification of Cannabis -- International Convention -- Regulations concerned with misuse of drugs -- The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 -- Requirements for writing prescriptions -- Safe custody -- Addicts -- Drugs Act 2005 -- 17 Labelling, Leaflets and Packaging -- The main regulations
  • Standard Labelling Requirements for medicinal products for human use -- 18 Poisons and Dangerous Substances -- The Poisons Board -- The CHIP Regulations 2002 -- The Environmental Protection Act 1990 -- COSHH -- Packaging waste -- Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 -- Food Safety Act 1990 -- The Offensive Weapons Act 1996 -- 19 Patient Group Directions -- What are Patient Group Directions -- 20 Non-Medical Prescribing -- Background -- Legislation -- Independent prescribing -- 21 Rights of Access -- Access to Pharmacies -- RPSGB Inspectors -- Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) -- Primary Care Trust -- PPI Forums -- NHS Counter Fraud Service -- Police Controlled Drugs Inspectors (CDI) -- The Healthcare Commission -- HM Revenue and Customs -- Health and Safety Inspectors -- Trading Standards (Weights and Measures) -- Disclosure of confidential information -- 22 Confidentiality -- The Data Protection Act 1998 -- The Principles -- Sensitive personal data -- The subject's rights -- Use of personal data for research or analysis -- Non-computerised records -- Access to Health Records Act 1990 -- Access to Medical Records Act 1988 -- Use of anonymised data for research -- Control of patient information under the Health and Social Care Act 2001 -- The Health Service (Control of Information) Regulations 2002 -- Patient Information Advisory Group -- Confidentiality and children -- Human Rights Act 1998 -- The Caldicott Review 1997 -- Caldicott Guardian -- Department of Health Code of Practice -- Records -- 23 Consent -- Definition of consent -- Basis for the consent concept -- Consent by children -- The law in Scotland -- 24 The European Union -- Law-making institutions -- Community law -- 25 The Pharmacy Profession -- History -- The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain -- The Statutory Committee of the RPSGB