The Royal Pharmaceutical Society
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Code of Ethics for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians is available from their web site from where it can be downloaded as a pdf document.
In addition to this, the RPS has also produced a number ofpProfessional standards and guidance documents which expand upon the principles of the Code for specific areas of practice or professional activities. These include:
- Professional standards for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in positions of authority
- Professional standards and guidance for patient consent
- Professional standards and guidance for patient confidentiality, and
- Professional standards and guidance for the sale and supply of medicines
and can be found, together with a number of other helpful documents, on the RPS Code of Ethics page on their web site.
A number of more practical Guidance Documents dealing with specific issues such as Counterfeit medicines advice for healthcare professionals and Maintaining clear sexual boundaries can also be found on the Download Society publications page on their web site.
