The RPS is dedicated and actively producing good practice guidance to support practising pharmacists in their areas of work.

This section is a repository of good and best practice guidance which the RPS has produced.

Click on the links below to view the relevant guidance

• 8 core principles for community pharmacy whistleblowing
  policies and procedures (September 2011)
• Advertising pharmacy services and medication (August 2011)
• Best practice for ensuring the efficient supply and distribution of
  medicines to patients (February 2011)
• Cholesterol testing (December 2010)
• Clinical Governance (September 2011)
• Cough and Cold Products for Children (February 2011)
• Emergency contraception (Updated September 2011)
• Good dispensing guidelines – England (August 2009)
• Handling of medicines in social care (replaces Administration and control of medicines in care homes and children’s services) (2007)
• Homeopathic and herbal products (February 2010)
• Ibuprofen, isopropyl myristate topical P medicine (February 2012)
• Identification of foreign medicines
• Medical devices (January 2012)
• Medicines administration (MAR) charts, principles of safe and appropriate production (February 2009)
• Medicines adherence: NICE implementation guidance for pharmacists (February 2009)
• Near Miss Error Log (October 2010)
• Protecting Children and Young People (September 2011)
• Protecting Vulnerable Adults (November 2011)
• Raising concerns, whistleblowing and speaking-up
  safely in pharmacy (September 2011)
• Safe and secure handling of medicines (Revised Duthie report)
• Specials (May 2010)
• Standards for the design of hospital in-patient prescription charts (September 2011)
• Standards for hospital pharmacy services
• Transfer of care (July 2011)