Society attacks EEA prescriptions

摘要

Proposals to allow pharmacists to dispense prescriptions written by non-UK registered doctors from within the European Economic Area and Switzerland will put them at odds with their professional ethics and patients could be put at risk,says the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.Responding to Government plans that have been put forward because of pressure from the European Commission (PJ,25 August,p199),the Society set out its concerns centred on the first principle of its Code of Ethics,which requires pharmacists (and pharmacy technicians) to ensure that patients have safe and timely access to medicines.