PSI Newsletter
The PSI Newsletter is a regular email communication that contains information and events of interest to the profession and wider stakeholders.
PSI Newsletter: Issue 9, 2014
- Public Consultation on draft PSI (Council)(Amendment) Rules 2015
- Practice update - Use of Ibuprofen in Children and Adolescents
- National Pharmacy Internship Programme - new Central Application and Selection Process
- Inspectors' Advice on Balance Checks and Reconciliation for Methadone Products
- Key-Holding for Pharmacies
- Pharmaceutical Assistant Qualification
- HPRA Drug Safety Newsletter
- Pharmacy Benevolent Fund Draw
- CPD Opportunities
- In the Matter of Part 6 of the Pharmacy Act 2007
PSI Newsletter: Issue 8, 2014
- PSI Council Appointments, October 2014
- Memorandum of Understanding signed between the PSI and NMBI
- Recent PSI Learning Events
- Update on the commencement of new Five-Year Integrated Pharmacy Degree Programme
- IIOP call for Expressions of Interest for Peer Review Panel
- Guidance on the Safe Supply of Non-Prescription Medicinal Products containing Domperidone
- Guidance on Data Protection for Pharmacists
- HPRA Drug Safety Newsletter
- CPD Opportunities
PSI Newsletter: Issue 7, 2014
- PSI Learning Events- October 2014
- New Education and Training (Integrated Course) Rules 2014
- PSI (Fees) Rules 2014
- Expressions of Interest - NCCP seeks Pharmacist Collaboration
- New Dianette Educational Materials for patients and prescribers
- Other Notices: Mouth Cancer Awareness Day, 17th September; Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week.
- CPD Opportunities
PSI Newsletter: Issue 6, 2014
- Findings from Inspections in 2013 (Part 2)
- PPC Annual Report and Learning Points for Pharmacists
- Practice Updates:
- Guidance on the Delivery of Medicines Dispensed on Foot of a Prescription from a Retail Pharmacy Business
- 2014-2015 influenza vaccination training and providers; Report on the Evaluation of the
Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Service in Pharmacies for 2013-2014
- Clinical Efficacy of Levonorgestrel and Ulipristal
- Save the Date – PSI Learning Events
- PSI Inspection Policy Survey
- Legislative Updates: Health Act 2007 (Care and Welfare of Residents in Designated Centres for Older People) Regulations 2013; Misuse of Drugs
(Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 323 and 324 of 2014); Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (SI No. 300 of 2014)
- Reminder Notice for Tutor Pharmacists
- Other Notices: Launch of Third National Clinical Guideline on Clostridium difficile (C. diff); HPRA Publishes List of Substances Suitable for Reclassification (Switching); HIQA Consultation on National Standards for Residential Care Settings for Older People
- CPD Opportunities
- PSI Recruitment
PSI Newsletter: Issue 5, 2014
- Findings from Inspections in 2013
- Consultation on Data Protection Guidance for Pharmacists
- Gardaí Request Vigilance in the Sale of Pseudoephedrine
- Policy Framework Development on ‘Temporary Absence’
- Notice for Tutor Pharmacists for National Pharmacy Internship Programme (NPIP) 2014/2015
- Current Update on Domperidone
- Pharmacy Practice Guidance Manual Update
- Change of name for the Irish Medicines Board from 1st July
- IMB Drug Safety Newsletter
- Upcoming CPD Opportunities
PSI Newsletter: Issue 4, 2014
- Public Consultation on Draft Guidance on the Delivery of Prescription-only Medicines from a Pharmacy
- Call for Expressions of Interest: Inspection Policy Expert Project Group
- Substitution of Medicines not included in the IMB Interchangeable List
- 2014-2015 Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Training
- Remembering Former PSI Registrar Joe Cahill
- Upcoming CPD Opportunities
- Haemochromatosis Awareness Day
PSI Newsletter: Issue 3, 2014
- Transparency in the Pricing of Prescription Medicines
- Proposed legislative change (Regulation of Retail Pharmacy Businesses Regulations 2008)
- Practice update: Children Should NOT be Given Prophylactic Antipyretics at the Time of Vaccination
- PSI Survey and Useful Information Resources
- Guide to Selling Medical Devices (IMB)
- PSI Council Appointments
- CPD Opportunities
- Useful Resources
PSI Newsletter: Issue 2, 2014
- Guidance on the provision of testing services in pharmacies
- Revisions to guidance on supply to patients in nursing homes and residential care settings
- Safe supply of Enbrel
- Note on PSI Pharmacy Inspections
- Inspectors' Advice on Storage Conditions
- IIOP Information Meetings
- Placement list for NPIP 2014/15
- CPD Opportunities
PSI Newsletter: Issue 1, 2014
- Public Consultation on the Draft Statutory Instrument for Education and Training Rules
- Accreditation standards for the integrated MPharm programme
- Continued registration certificates
- PSI's internship programme provider
- Lithium information packs
- Change to IMB communications for medicinal products recalls and defects
- IIOP Recruitment notice
- CPD Opportunities
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