The chemist and druggist [electronic resource] . urites. This is merely astarting point which I hope willbe of help to those pharmacistswho want to improve theirconfidence to enable them tobecome more involved in theprescribing process. The above discussion hasrelied on the practice contactingyou. It assumes you already havea rapport with the practice andthat you are willing to beinvolved. For those who arewilling but have not beenapproached, I suggest you makethe positive step when you areready. Suggest a meeting —describe your interest in PACTand offer assistance. Naturallyyou must not sugge
The chemist and druggist [electronic resource] . urites. This is merely astarting point which I hope willbe of help to those pharmacistswho want to improve theirconfidence to enable them tobecome more involved in theprescribing process. The above discussion hasrelied on the practice contactingyou. It assumes you already havea rapport with the practice andthat you are willing to beinvolved. For those who arewilling but have not beenapproached, I suggest you makethe positive step when you areready. Suggest a meeting —describe your interest in PACTand offer assistance. Naturallyyou must not suggest aninvidious distinction betweenpharmacies and/or pharmacist,but if you have attended acourse on PACT, let the practiceknow. * The other two parts of thisseries were published on April 6and August 10. Taking a closer look Reading glasses — a valid, profitable, public service or unethicalcompetition with a fellow profession? For those whose views leantowards the former, C&Dtakes a look at stocking reading glasses and advising customers. On April 1,1989, an exemptionfrom the provisions of theOpticians Act 1958 came intoeffect. The result was that anoptical or general medicalpractitioners prescription is nolonger required for certainexcluded sales. In otherwords the sale of simple,magnifying reading glasses isnot longer restricted toopticians. This is not the first time thishas been allowed. Readingglasses had been available fromvarious outlets until thelegislation was changed in recent change,accompanied by stories in thenational Press of buying glasseswith your fish and chips,presented a serious dilemma topharmacists. The new law effectivelyremoved the optical professionsmonopoly on the sale and supplyof reading glasses and was notuniversally popular. However,the legislation did bring the UKinto line with a number of othercountries including America,Sweden, Canada and NewZealand. Reading glasses can besupplied, providing thefollowing regulations arecomplied with:
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