Medicines, Ethics and Practice

Medicines, Ethics and Practice: The professional guide for pharmacists is the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's established professional guide for pharmacists.

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Medicines, Ethics and Practice has been designed as an underpinning document to help pharmacists to practice confidently and professionally by providing information and guidance on legislation affecting pharmacy practice. It supports day-to-day practice rather than highlighting pharmacists’ statutory obligations.

 What’s new in the 40th edition?



Revised sections on medicines reconciliation and helping patients to understand their medicines 
New guidance on conflicts of interest and declaration of interests 
Information on changes to legislation that enable therapeutic radiographers to be independent prescribers, dietitians to be supplementary prescribers and the addition of an exemption for the sale, supply and administration of certain medicines by orthoptists. 
New information on supply of naloxone by individuals employed or engaged in the provision of recognised drug treatment services 
New guidance on biosimilars
New guidance on Electronic Health Records and Summary Care Records 
 Additional information on requests by veterinary surgeons for wholesale supply of human medicines for use in animals 
Revised section on administration of adrenaline in an emergency 
Controlled drugs section updated to reflect the NICE guideline that was published in April 2016 
Controlled Drugs: safe use and management,this includes updated information on running balances and disposal of spent methadone bottles 
Updated information on controlled drugs requisition requirements in line with new legislation 
New Home Office approved wording for instalment prescribing 
 Revised section on Controlled Drugs Accountable Officers 
Updated guidance on destruction of Controlled Drugs