l3 module 2 assignment 3 questions oct 2011

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Level 3 Pharmaceutical Science

Module 2 Assignment 3

Name.

Module 2 Assignment 3 is composed of 7 questions.

This assignment contains questions with Pass Criteria and Merit and Distinction Criteria sections.

Answer all questions under the Pass Criteria initially and submit these for assessment. Once these

have been assessed Buttercups will advise you if you are able to obtain a higher grade for this unit of

your course syllabus.

Should you subsequently wish to achieve a higher grade you will then need to attempt and submit the

Merit and Distinction Criteria sections in this assignment and all questions in the assignment 4, which

can be downloaded from the PeTS website.

To achieve the knowledge criteria for this assignment please refer to the marking grid provided with the

cover sheet for the Module 2 Assignments. The marking grid outlines how many questions you must

answer correctly to achieve the knowledge criteria specified.

P8 Explain how drug dependence treatments are supplied to drug misusers P10 - Explain how legislation impacts on pharmacy services P12 - Explain the role of the professional regulator for pharmacy technicians P13 - Describe the role of the professional leadership bodies for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians P14 - Compare the roles and responsibilities of the pharmacist, pharmacy support staff and other healthcare professionals within pharmacy practice P15 - Describe the requirements for conducting a retail pharmacy business P16 - Explain the principles of clinical governance P18 - Describe the key principles of audit and quality improvement P19 - Explain how National Health Care Standards contribute to improving patient care

M8 - Assess how drug dependence treatments are supplied to drug misusers M9 - Explain how other laws relate to the legal and safe delivery of pharmacy services M11 - Compare the roles of the professional regulator and professional leadership body for pharmacy technicians M12 - Discuss how pharmacy staff work with other healthcare professionals to provide effective pharmacy services M13 - Explain how the requirements for conducting a retail pharmacy business are monitored M14 - Discuss how pharmacy contributes to clinical governance M15 - Explain how audits lead to quality improvement within pharmacy M16 - Discuss how pharmacy contributes to improvements to patient care using National Standards

D3 - Evaluate the implementation of legislation that relates to the safe delivery of pharmacy services D4 - Assess how the regulation of pharmacy professionals impacts on the pharmacy work place and profession D5 - Discuss how pharmacy contracts affect the provision of pharmacy services D6 - Discuss how risk assessment in pharmacy contributes to patient care


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Jenny, a methadone patient (not supervised), is going to ask her mother to collect her instalments as she has a new job which means she wont be able to get to the pharmacy before it shuts. She asks if there is anything she needs to do.

a) State what you would ask Jenny and her mother to do and explain your answer.

b) Jennys prescription states that Jenny should take 30mls methadone daily and it should be dispensed by instalments: 90mls on Fridays, 60 mls on Monday and 60mls on Wednesday. Today is Saturday and a note from the locum informs you that neither Jenny nor her Mother came into the pharmacy yesterday. Jenny comes into the pharmacy at 10.00am and explains her mother was ill yesterday and asks for Saturday and Sundays supply.

What would the prescriber need to have written in order for the pharmacist to be able to supply Saturday and Sundays dose today?

c) The NHS prescription was written by Jennys GP. What NHS code(s) would you expect to see on the form in your part of the county and how many days supply of methadone via instalments can be prescribed on this form?

d) Outline what other two services may be offered by community pharmacies for drug misusers.

Question 1

Pass Criteria (P8)


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e) Assess the factors that need to be considered by the pharmacy before offering services to drug misusers.

You are going set up a business with a pharmacist as your co-director which will own and run a retail

pharmacy. Using the information in modules 1 and 2:

a) Who must you register the pharmacy with? (P15)

b) What you would need to consider when deciding on whether to call it a pharmacy or a

chemist? (P15)

c) You wish to have an NHS pharmacy contract, who would you apply to in your local area to obtain

one? (P15)

d) To lawfully operate as a pharmacy what must be recorded each day the pharmacy is open? (P15)

Question 2

Merit and Distinction Criteria (M8) (optional)

Pass Criteria (P10 and P15)


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e) Please give one example of how each of the following legislations will affect how you provide

services to customers in your new pharmacy: (P10)

Consumer Protection Act

Trade Descriptions Act

Weights and Measures Act

Equality Act

Data Protection Act


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f) To ensure you comply with Health and Safety legislation in your new pharmacy explain at least 4

assessments/installations which you will need to carry out before you can provide a safe

environment for the delivery of pharmacy services. (M9)

Merit and Distinction Criteria (M9, M13, D3 and D5) (optional)


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g) Once you have an NHS contract and have opened your pharmacy, name three different bodies

which may inspect the premises and write a checklist of what they will be monitoring/assessing?

(M13)

Monitoring/inspection body

What will they be checking?


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h) Discuss the NHS pharmacy contract in your part of the country including the compulsory

pharmacy services it delivers and the opportunities for a pharmacy to provide other services to gain

additional revenue. (D5)

i) In your new pharmacy you are thinking of providing additional services such as EHC and Chlamydia

screening to under 16s via PGD.

Evaluate the benefits and barriers of the safeguarding legislation on the implementation and

delivery of these services in your pharmacy (D3)


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a) Complete the table below by naming the pharmacy leadership bodies and the pharmacy regulator

and describing their roles (P12&13)

Type of Organisation

Leadership body for pharmacists

Leadership body for pharmacy technicians

Professional regulator for Pharmacists and Technicians

Name of organisation

What is the structure of the organisation

Role of the organisation

Question 3

Pass Criteria (P12 and P13)


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Reasons for joining

Cost to join

b) Using the table above compare and contrast the roles of the professional regulator with the

professional leadership body for pharmacy Technicians (M11)

Merit and Distinction Criteria (M11 and D4) (optional)


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c) Evaluate and give examples to illustrate how the professional regulation of pharmacists and

technicians affects what we do in the workplace and how pharmacy is viewed by the public. (D4)


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Complete the table below to compare the roles and responsibilities of healthcare professionals

involved in the supply of medicines (this could be within a hospital or community setting) and

explain how you may need to interact with them.

Column A covers the Pass Criteria and therefore you must attempt this. Column B covers the Merit

Criteria and is therefore optional.

Column A Column B (optional)

Healthcare

Professional

Roles and responsibilities

towards supplying

medicines (P14)

Explain how you (as a Pharmacy Technician) may

interact with these other healthcare

professionals/staff to deliver an effective

pharmacy service for the patient. (M12)

Pharmacist

Doctor

Nurse

Dispensing

Assistants/ATO

Question 4

Pass and Merit Criteria (P14) and (M12 optional)


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a) Explain what clinical governance is in relation to pharmacy.

b) List three activities which are undertaken in your pharmacy under the heading of clinical

governance. Describe how each activity improves the standards of service in your pharmacy and

contribute to patient care.

Question 5

Pass Criteria (P16)

Merit and Distinction Criteria (M14 and D6) (optional)


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Your manager has asked you to do a clinical audit on the owings levels in your pharmacy. The

criterion is that all prescriptions or orders should be fully dispensed when initially presented, and the

standard to achieve is 98% of the time.

a) Name and describe the steps you must undertake to complete the audit cycle.

b) Explain how will it help you to improve the quality within your pharmacy?

Question 6

Pass Criteria (P18)

Merit and Distinction Criteria (M15) (optional)


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There is a continual drive to improve standards within the NHS. Have a look at the following links for

some examples of national standards.

The National Care Standards in Scotland

http://www.nationalcarestandards.org/74.html

The National Service Frameworks in England & Wales

http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/NSF/Pages/Nationalserviceframeworks.aspx NICE/SIGN

http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qualitystandards/QualityStandardsLibrary.jsp

National Patient Safety Agency

http://www.nrls.npsa.nhs.uk/resources/clinical-specialty/medicine/

Identify and state an example of one national standard in your part of the country and explain how

this helps to improve patient care in the delivery of pharmacy services.

Question 7

This question covers both P19 and M16. The level of detail in your answer will determine

whether the Merit Criteria can also be awarded.

Pass and Merit Criteria (P19) and (M16 optional)


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Trainee Declaration of Authenticity

I understand that:

The work in this assignment is my own

All word processed documents must be signed and dated.

Trainees may study together but all assignments are completed independently.

Buttercups Training Ltd may follow up this assignment with oral or written questions to ensure work sent for assessment is authentic.

Copying of other trainee's work or plagiarism will be considered as malpractice and Buttercups Training Ltd will investigate any potential cases. Should malpractice be proved the trainee will be withdrawn from the course.

Print Name: Signature: Date:

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Pharmacist or Senior Pharmacy Technician Declaration*

I confirm that all work completed in this assignment is the trainees own work.

Print Name: Signature: Date:

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Registration Number (if applicable):

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* If you are completing the course without pharmacist supervision then your line-manager or dispensary manager can

sign this declaration

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