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Source – Pharmaceutical Journal - Minimum training standards for pharmacy curriculums have been specified in the Welsh National Service Framework (NSF) for Children, Young People and Maternity Services, published last week.
The NSF says that undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy curriculums must include training in the principles of prescribing and use of
medicines for children. It adds that similar training provisions should be in place for other health care professions, as prescribing rights are extended.
Other requirements of the NSF are that local health boards and NHS trusts should have a medicines strategy that includes a named
pharmacist with expertise in paediatric medicine. They must also have access to a standard and regularly updated information source on children’s medicines, such as the BNF-C, available to all
practitioners who prescribe, administer or dispense medicines for children. This should be available both in hard copy and electronically.
The NSF also says that chronic treatment must be reviewed annually by pharmacists and GPs and that children’s homes, residential care
homes, residential schools, foster carers, hospices and secure units must have a pre-agreed contact point from which they can obtain pharmaceutical advice
To view the NSF document go to: http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites/page.cfm?orgid=441&pid=10614
Prepared by Susan Wileman Medicines Information Technician
Date of Preparation: 18th October 2005
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