Dispensing

‘No quick fix’ to prescribing system glitch in Scotland, says CPS

Community Pharmacy Scotland said an issue with the Vision GP prescribing system may cause confusion for pharmacies.

Health boards struggle to monitor dispensing fraud risk in Wales, says report

An Audit Wales pilot looked at potential “risks around fraud and cost” relating to “expensive items”, specials and “higher cost formulations”.

RPS and RCN update their position on prescribing and dispensing

The bodies said the same healthcare professional can be responsible for the prescribing, dispensing, supply and administration of medicines.

Managing inappropriate polypharmacy

This module provides an overview of appropriate and inappropriate polypharmacy and its management with reference to national guidance, and also examines the role of deprescribing.

Specials

Improve your understanding of specials and consider the positives and negatives of dispensing bespoke medicines.

Pharmacy Excellence: Falsified Medicines Directive

This module explains about FMD and how it will effect community pharmacy

The case for a dispensing robot

A range of factors affects the suitability of automation and technology for each pharmacy business. This module considers the business case for installing dispensary automation.

 

Pharmacy Excellence: Anti-epileptic drugs - continuity of supply

This Pharmacy Excellence module for pharmacists and technicians looks at the issues of switching between different formulations of anti-epieptic drugs and includes information on their categorisation by the Commission on Human Medicines.

Dispensing errors: reducing the risks

Gary Choo, Numark's head of information services, explains how to minimize risks associated with dispensing errors