UK Pharmacy Online
"All drugs
dispensed from the UK pharmacies online
. are just as safe as American or Canadian prescription drugs.
All prescriptions are reviewed by licensed UK physicians and
are dispensed by licensed UK pharmacist."
There are three major
organizations that regulate pharmaceutical practice in the
U.K. The following is a brief description of who they are
and what their collective roles involve.
The Royal Pharmaceutical
Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) is the regulatory and professional
body for pharmacists in England, Scotland and Wales. The primary
objective of the Society is to lead, regulate and develop
the pharmacy profession.
The Society has responsibility for a wide range of functions
that combine to assure competence and fitness to practice.
These include controlled entry into the profession, education,
registration, setting and enforcing professional standards,
promoting good practice, providing support for improvement,
dealing with poor performance, dealing with misconduct and
removal from the register. The Society is also a Chartered
body with objects concerning the advancement of science and
the application of pharmaceutical knowledge.
In addition, the Society leads and supports the development
of the profession in the public interest and promotes the
profession's policies and views to a range of external stakeholders
in a number of different forums.
In order to practice as a pharmacist in Great Britain you
must be registered with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of
Great Britain. To register with the Society you must have
a degree in pharmacy from
a United Kingdom school of pharmacy and pass an examination
at the end of a year’s postgraduate practical training, or
if you are a pharmacist from another country you can apply
for membership by contacting the Overseas Registration section.
The Royal Pharmaceutical
Society of Great Britain has responsibility for a wide range
of functions that combine to assure competence and fitness
to practice. These include controlled entry into the profession,
education, registration, setting and enforcing professional
standards, promoting good practice, providing support for
improvement, dealing with poor performance, dealing with misconduct
and removal from the register.
In addition, the Society leads and supports the development
of the profession in the public interest and promotes the
profession's policies and views to a range of external stakeholders
in a number of different forums.
By virtue of its integrated regulatory and professional roles,
the Society performs functions of a public nature and is therefore
accountable not only to its membership, but also to the public
at large. Furthermore, the Society is also accountable to
the Council for the Regulation of Healthcare Professionals
(CRHP) for the exercise of its regulatory functions - meaning
direct accountability to Parliament.
The Medicines and Healthcare
products Regulatory Agency is the agency responsible for assuring
the quality and safety of all medications dispensed in the
U.K. The Executive Agency of the Department of Health is responsible
for protecting and promoting public health and patient safety
by ensuring that medicines, healthcare products and medical
equipment meet appropriate standards of safety, quality, performance
and effectiveness, and are used safely. The MHRA (Medicines)'s
primary objective is to safeguard public health by ensuring
that all medicines on the UK market meet appropriate standards
of safety, quality and efficacy. Safety aspects cover potential
or actual harmful effects; quality relates to development
and manufacture; and efficacy is a measure of the beneficial
effect of the medicine on patients. This objective is achieved
through:
- a system of licensing before the marketing of UK medicines
- monitoring of medicines and acting on safety concerns
after they have been placed on the market
- checking standards of pharmaceutical manufacture and wholesaling
- enforcement of requirements
- responsibility for medicines control policy
- representing UK pharmaceutical regulatory interests internationally
- publishing quality standards for drug substances through
the British Pharmacopoeia
The MHRA operates a
system of licensing before the marketing of UK medicines.
Medicines, which meet the standards of safety, quality and
efficacy, are granted a marketing authorization (previously
a product license), which is normally necessary before they
can be prescribed or sold. This authorization covers all the
main activities associated with the marketing of a medicinal
product. The MHRA carries out pre-marketing assessment of
the medicines safety, quality and efficacy, examining all
the research and test results in detail, before a decision
is made on whether the product should be granted a marketing
authorization. The National Pharmaceutical Association is
the third group and this is the national body of Britain's
community pharmacy owners. It was formed in 1921 to champion
the interests of pharmacy owners and to promote, improve and
protect an essential service to the public.
Often dubbed 'the voice of community pharmacy', the NPA of
the 21st century is probably one of the strongest and most
successful trade associations in the world - and the envy
of other retail groups.
For any additional
information on pharmacy practice in the U.K. and how it is
regulated, please feel free to contact the three agencies
mentioned above at their collective web sites.
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