Legal and ethical matters affect and influence the day to day decisions which pharmacists make.

We recognise this and are continually updating and producing new guidance material to help  pharmacists deal with issues which arise in practice.

The resources below aim to provide guidance on a range of legal, ethical and professional issues encountered by pharmacists in day-to-day practice:

• Controlled Drugs
• Dispensing and Preparing Extemporaneous Methadone
• EEA prescriptions
• Emergency Supply
• Legal classification of medicines 
• Medicines, Ethics and Practice: A guide for pharmacists
• Professional judgement
• Professional Support Bulletins
• Pseudoephedrine and ephedrine
• Responsible Pharmacist toolkit
  
• Safe Custody of Controlled Drugs
• Sativex
• Supply of medicines to podiatrists and their patients
• Veterinary medicines