Guidance on Pharmacy Services

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• Supply of Emergency Medicines

  For guidance on this area of practice, please see the supply of emergency medicines section.

• Vaccination Services

  For guidance on this area of practice, please see the vaccinations services section.

• Care of Patients in Nursing Homes and Residential Care settings

  For guidance on this area of practice, please see the care of patients in nursing homes and residential care settings section.

• Delivery Services

  • Guidance on the Delivery of Medicines Dispensed on Foot of a Prescription from a Retail Pharmacy Business (Version 1, Jul 2014)

  
  This guidance outlines the requirements a pharmacy must fulfil when providing a delivery system for dispensed medicines. It highlights the need to ensure the safe delivery of medicines to the patient, along with appropriate information to ensure that the patient receives the same standard of care they would have received if they had attended the pharmacy in person.

• Extemporaneous Dispensing

  • Guidance for Pharmacists on Extemporaneous Dispensing (Version 1, June 2015)

  
  This guidance sets out the limited circumstances when a pharmacist can extemporaneously prepare a medicine. A decision tree is provided to outline the process a pharmacist should follow when considering how best to meet the patient's needs. The records that must be made and kept each time a medicine is extemporaneously prepared are also detailed.

• Testing Services

  • Guidance on the Provision of Testing Services in Pharmacies (Version 3, October 2019)

  This guidance supports pharmacists and pharmacy owners to provide safe and effective testing services whether provided in the pharmacy by the pharmacist or supplied for home use.

  • The National Near-Patient Testing (NPT) Consultative Group Guidelines for Safe and Effective Near-Patient Testing.