Consultations

Public Consultations

PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS OF A RETAIL PHARMACY BUSINESS.

May 2012: The PSI has issued draft guidelines for public consultation on the Premises and Equipment Requirements of a retail pharmacy business. They are intended to assist pharmacy owners as well as superintendent, supervising and other pharmacists, in ensuring that their premises meet required standards, and that all equipment used for the delivery of pharmacy services is fit for purpose and well maintained.

A copy of the draft guidelines is available to view here.

Comments on the draft guidelines are welcome in writing, preferably by email to consultation@thePSI.ie or by post to Public Consultation, The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI), PSI House, Fenian Street, Dublin 2.

The closing date for receipt of submissions is Friday 20th July, 2012.

Closed Consultations

1. PUBLIC CONSULTATION DOCUMENT ON SOURCING, STORAGE AND DISPOSAL OF MEDICINES

Public Consultation, The PSI issued guidelines to facilitate compliance with the various requirements relating to the sourcing, storage and disposal of medicines for public consultation in July/August 2010 and published final guidelines in May 2011.

Click here to see the the draft guidelines that were previously issued for public consultation.
Click here to see the document containing the various submissions received in the consultation process, along with formal responses.
Click here to see the final, approved Guidelines on the Sourcing, Storage and Disposal of Medicinal Products.

2. PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON CORE COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK

Click here for more information on the public consultation on core competency framework.

3. PUBLIC CONSULTATION DOCUMENT ON PATIENT CONSULTATION AREAS

Draft guidelines to facilitate compliance with the requirement for a patient consultation area in pharmacies were initially issued for public consultation early in 2010 and final guidelines were published in May 2010.

Draft guidance on the safe supply of non-prescription codeine medicines was initially published for public consultation in December 2009 and final guidelines were published in March 2010.

Click here to see the draft guidance that was previously issued for public consultation.
Click here to see the document containing the various submissions received in the consultation process, along with formal responses.
Click here to see the final approved Guidance on Non-Prescription Medicinal Products Containing Codeine.

5. PUBLIC CONSULTATION DOCUMENT ON INTERIM ACCREDITATION STANDARDS

Click here to see the draft standards that were previously issued for public consultation.
Click here to see the document containing the various submissions received in the consultation process, along with formal responses.
Click here to see the final approved Interim Accreditation Standards for the level 8 Bachelor degree pharmacy programmes.

6. PUBLIC CONSULTATION DOCUMENT ON INTERIM ACCREDITATION STANDARDS

Click here to see the draft standards that were previously issued for public consultation.
Click here to see the document containing the various submissions received in the consultation process, along with formal responses.
Click here to see the final approved Interim Accreditation Standards for the level 9 Masters degree.

PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION

Please note that submissions made to the PSI during its public consultations are subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Acts 1997-2003. Following this consultation process and consideration and analysis of submissions received, the draft guidelines will be reviewed for submission to Council for its approval. Council will have regard to all submissions when making its decision. The PSI will publish on its website a collated version of all written comments received in response to the public consultation together with the PSI’s response to those comments.