Pharmacy Great Britain

Florence, A.T. and Attwood, D. (1998) Physicochemical Principles of Pharmacy, Great Britain MacMillan Press Ltd., pp. 103, 237-238. 

Snell M, ed (2008). Medicines, Ethics and Practice a guide for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, 32nd rev edn. London Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Sweetman SC, ed (2006). Martindale the Complete Drug Reference, 35th edn. London Pharmaceutical Press. 

Medicines, Ethics and Practice a Guide for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians, 32, July 2008. London Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 2008. 

Methods of sale of medicines through pharmacies are also covered by the Code of Ethics of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. 

Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) (2007) Fitness to Practice and Legal Affairs Directorate Fact Sheet Five. The use of unlicensed medicines in pharmacy. http //www.rpsgb.org/pdfs/factsheet5. pdf [Accessed 4 July 2008],... 

Kurzer, F. (2007). George S. V. Wills and the Westminster College of Chemistry and Pharmacy A chapter in pharmaceutical education in Great Britain. Medical History 51 477-506. 

Produced by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain e-PIC (electronic Pharmacy Information Coverage) consists of five databases which contain references selected from the major UK pharmacy practice and medical journals since 1992. The databases are e-PIC, which looks at pharmacy practice. New Products, Discontinued Products, Pharmaceutics-Ceuted which covers pharmaceutics, formulation and technology and Pharmacy History. 

A growing number of printed journals provide their contents online. Sometimes, this is for free—e.g., the Pharmaceutical Journal (http //www.pharmj.eom) of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. But more often than not a subscription is needed. For details of other online pharmacy journals try the Virtual Pharmacy Library, PharmWeb (more information on these is given below in section, Internet Resources ), and the Free Medical Journals site (http //www.freemedicaljournals.com). Some journals will provide additional information online to their printed versions. Nature s Web site (http //www. nature.com) contains auxiliary data from authors, a link to a grant database and the opportunity to take part in online discussions. 

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain s Professional Standards and Guidance for the Sale and Supply of Medicines ((2) Supply of Over The Counter (OTC) Medicines) states that When purchasing medicines from pharmacies patients expect to be provided with high quality, relevant information in a manner they can easily understand. With this in mind, whenever P medicines are sold from a pharmacy the sale must be made under the supervision of a pharmacist. All medicines counter assistants who regularly deal with requests for medicines must be trained. The training of assistants in pharmacies should be such that they will request information from the purchaser to ensure that the condition is suitable for self-medication and the product requested by the patient or suggested by the assistant is appropriate. Examples of suitable questions can be found in Section 8.2.1. 

This part provides details of the payments to be made to pharmacy contractors who provide the pre-registration training experience needed by pharmacy graduates and certain undergraduates for admission to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain s Register of Pharmaceutical Chemists. 

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain s Code of Ethics for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians is based on seven principles. A pharmacist or technician must endeavour to ... 

The function of enforcement is shared between the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) and local authorities. RPSGB inspectors are responsible for enforcement in pharmacies and local authority inspectors are responsible for enforcement at premises not registered with the RPSGB. The local authorities may choose to appoint, with the consent of the RPSGB, the same inspector for non-pharmacy premises. The RPSGB inspector will always be a pharmacist. 

If you fail an attempt at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain registration exam, stay positive, Try to keep working in pharmacy for more experience and learning, and regard the next sitting as a new opportunity. Remember that the pass rate by the third attempt is over 99.5%. 

ALEXANDER T. FLORENCE is Emeritus Professor, The Centre for Drug Delivery Research, The School of Pharmacy, University of London, UK. From 1989 until 2006, he was Dean of The School of Pharmacy, University of London, London, UK. Dr. Florence received his Ph.D. from the University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. He is Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Royal Society of Chemistry, and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Dr. Florence has authored or co-authored several textbooks and is Editor-in-Chief of the International journal of Pharmaceutics. 

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