Consultation on Draft Standards & Guidance

CONSULTATION ON DRAFT STANDARDS AND GUIDANCE.

A 6 week consultation will commence 3 November 2008 and complete 26 December 2008.

The Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (PSNI) (hereafter called the Society) has launched a 6 week consultation on three new draft Professional Standards and Guidance documents on:

• Patient Consent, to download click here 
• Patient Confidentiality, to download click here
• Pharmacist Prescribers, to download click here

These draft guidance documents expand on the principles of the revised Code of Ethics (Parts 2 - 5) and are intended to assist pharmacists in their professional decision-making.

Once the consultation ends in December, the final Standards and Guidance documents (after revisions) will be presented to and ratified by Council. These supplementary documents will be launched alongside the revised Code of Ethics (Parts 2-5) in 2009.

The Society welcomes views on the draft Standards and Guidance documents.  A proforma for recording comments is available to download here

There are two ways of responding:

Email

Responses can be recorded on the proforma provided and sent as an attachment to an email to: michelle.mccorry@psni.org.uk. OR

By Post

Complete the proforma and send to: Code of Ethics Consultation, PSNI, 73 University Street, BELFAST, BT 7 1HL.

Hard copies are available upon request, by writing to the above address.

If you would like further information contact Michelle McCorry, Specialist Pharmacist (tel: 028 9026 7943; email michelle.mccorry@psni.org.uk).