Pharmacy Law and Practice, Fourth Edition: Fourth Edition

Front cover......Page 1
Title page......Page 4
Copyright page......Page 5
Table of contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 12
The National Health Service Act 1946......Page 14
General principles, scope and nature of the current NHS......Page 16
The Health and Social Care Act 2001......Page 18
The Health and Social Care (Community Health and Standards) Act 2003......Page 22
Advice from the health professions......Page 23
Acts of Parliament mainly concerned with the NHS......Page 24
NHS Executive......Page 26
Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs)......Page 27
Acute Trusts......Page 28
Foundation Trusts......Page 29
Establishment......Page 30
Care Trusts......Page 31
Ambulance Trusts......Page 32
Effects of devolution......Page 34
The PCT’s duty......Page 37
Pharmaceutical services......Page 38
Contractors obligations......Page 39
Fundamental requirements of the terms of service......Page 40
Form and Content of the Drug Tariff......Page 54
Part I – Requirements for the supply of drugs, appliances and chemical reagents......Page 55
Part 2 – Requirements enabling payments to be made......Page 56
Applications for NHS contract......Page 65
Application to PCT......Page 66
The current rules......Page 74
Applications by doctors......Page 77
Appeal procedure......Page 78
The Regulations......Page 79
Wales......Page 86
Local Authority overview......Page 87
Patient Advocacy and Liaison Services (PALS)......Page 88
Patient and Public Involvement Forums......Page 89
The Healthcare Commission......Page 90
The Health Service Commissioner for England......Page 91
Public Health Observatories......Page 92
Independent Regulator of Foundation Trusts – Monitor......Page 93
Complaints and breaches of the terms of service......Page 94
Healthcare Commission......Page 95
New arrangements for dealing with serious allegations......Page 97
Referral to Royal Pharmaceutical Society......Page 100
Retail pharmacy business......Page 101
Registered pharmacy......Page 102
European Directives......Page 108
Control of retail sales......Page 120
Prescription Only Medicines......Page 121
Wholesaling of medicines......Page 129
Advertising and sales promotion......Page 134
Monitoring and complaints......Page 139
Supply of medicines in an emergency......Page 141
Collection and delivery schemes......Page 144
Reasons for using unlicensed products......Page 146
Record keeping......Page 147
Exemption for pharmacists......Page 148
Extemporaneous preparation in the pharmacy......Page 150
The Code of Ethics......Page 151
Licensing of herbal remedies......Page 152
New arrangements......Page 153
Homeopathic medicines......Page 156
Restrictions on sale for safety reasons......Page 160
Basic Provisions of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971......Page 165
International Convention......Page 166
Regulations concerned with misuse of drugs......Page 167
The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001......Page 168
Requirements for writing prescriptions......Page 174
Safe custody......Page 182
Addicts......Page 183
Drugs Act 2005......Page 187
The main regulations......Page 188
Standard Labelling Requirements for medicinal products for human use......Page 189
The Poisons Board......Page 201
The CHIP Regulations 2002......Page 205
COSHH......Page 207
Food Safety Act 1990......Page 208
The Offensive Weapons Act 1996......Page 209
What are Patient Group Directions......Page 210
Background......Page 223
Legislation......Page 224
Independent prescribing......Page 227
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA)......Page 230
NHS Counter Fraud Service......Page 232
HM Revenue and Customs......Page 233
Trading Standards (Weights and Measures)......Page 234
Disclosure of confidential information......Page 235
The Data Protection Act 1998......Page 236
The Principles......Page 237
Sensitive personal data......Page 238
Use of personal data for research or analysis......Page 239
Use of anonymised data for research......Page 240
Control of patient information under the Health and Social Care Act 2001......Page 241
Human Rights Act 1998......Page 242
Department of Health Code of Practice......Page 243
Records......Page 244
Definition of consent......Page 246
Basis for the consent concept......Page 247
Consent by children......Page 249
The law in Scotland......Page 250
Law-making institutions......Page 251
Community law......Page 252
History......Page 257
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain......Page 259
The Statutory Committee of the RPSGB......Page 263
The standards of professional conduct......Page 267
Internet Pharmacy......Page 274
NHS Prescription Fraud......Page 276
Negligence......Page 278
Liability as an occupier of premises......Page 284
Criminal liability for negligent conduct......Page 285
Corporate manslaughter......Page 286
Corporate Manslaughter Bill 2006......Page 287
Freehold premises......Page 288
Leasehold premises......Page 289
Planning law......Page 304
Partnership......Page 306
The limited company......Page 310
Notification of changes after incorporation......Page 321
Contract for the sale of goods......Page 323
Remedies available to the seller and buyer in default......Page 338
Buyer’s remedies......Page 340
Product liability......Page 343
The contract of employment......Page 346
Special categories of employee......Page 349
Employee’s duties under the contract of employment......Page 351
Employer’s duties under the contract of employment......Page 354
Wages issues......Page 358
Maternity issues......Page 359
Insolvent employer......Page 361
Equal pay and discrimination......Page 362
Disability discrimination......Page 366
Bringing the employment to an end......Page 369
Human rights at work......Page 376
Human rights and privacy......Page 378
Human rights and property interests......Page 381
Freedom of information......Page 382
Index......Page 386