(University of London School of Pharmacy)

Available in Windows and Web/Intranet Versions ISBN: 1 84211 024 9

Programmed by : Sandra Buchanan
Subject Specialist : Richard O'Neill.

This is a teaching package aimed at Undergraduate Pharmacy level. It covers the law and ethics in the following six areas: Medicines Act, Misuse of Drugs Act, Pharmacy Act and Code of Ethics, Poisons Act and Rules, The NHS and Miscellaneous Legislation.

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A screen from one of the Activity Modules

Contents

The package is split into six areas:

  1. Medicines Act
  2. Misuse of Drugs Act
  3. Pharmacy Act and Code of Ethics
  4. Poisons Act and Rules
  5. The NHS
  6. Miscellaneous Legislation

Medicines Act

This has six activities which cover the most important information in the Medicines Act, as it applies to pharmacy: retail sale, supply of medicinal products, advertising, labelling, the licensing system.

Misuse of Drugs Act

This has four activities: regulations for the dispensing of controlled drugs, supplying to addicts, recognising potential substances of misuse and dealing with forged prescriptions.

Pharmacy Act and Code of Ethics

This has three activities: looking at professional ethics, standards of good professional practice and ethical problems concerning advertising.

Poisons Act and Rules

This has one activity only which studies all aspects of the Poisons legislation, including sale, labelling and storage.

The NHS

This has five activities, which deal with the NHS as it concerns the pharmacist. The drug tariff, the administrative structure, terms of service, the drug testing scheme and dealing with complaints are explained.

Miscellaneous Legislation

There are six activities. These look at all other pieces of legislation that pharmacists may encounter in their working life. Health and Safety at Work, Alcohol and Spirit legislation, the Consumer Protection Act, regulations on the handling of hazardous substances, the Trade Descriptions Act, the Shops Act etc.

Hardware and Software Requirements

Windows Version
 The package is supplied on a CD-ROM Installation Disc and can be installed to a local hard disc or network drive. The minimum requirement is a PC with 100MHz Pentium processor , 8Mb of RAM and a VGA monitor capable of displaying 16-bit color (65, 536 colors) at 640 x 480 resolution. The program is 32-bit and is compatible with Windows 95, 98 and NT.
Web Version
The package is supplied on a CD-ROM Installation Disc for installation to a web server. The software runs on PC clients only. The minimum requirement is a 200MHz Pentium processor with 32Mb of RAM and a Super VGA monitor capable of displaying 16-bit color (65,536 colors) at 800 x 600 resolution. The program is compatible with both Netscape Navigator 4.x and Internet Explorer 4 or better and requires Java and Javascript to be enabled on browsers.