PSI Newsletter

The PSI Newsletter is a regular email communication that contains information and events of interest to the profession and wider stakeholders.

Public Consultation on draft PSI (Council)(Amendment) Rules 2015
Practice update - Use of Ibuprofen in Children and Adolescents
National Pharmacy Internship Programme - new Central Application and Selection Process
Inspectors' Advice on Balance Checks and Reconciliation for Methadone Products
Key-Holding for Pharmacies
Pharmaceutical Assistant Qualification
HPRA Drug Safety Newsletter
Pharmacy Benevolent Fund Draw
CPD Opportunities
In the Matter of Part 6 of the Pharmacy Act 2007

PSI Council Appointments, October 2014
Memorandum of Understanding signed between the PSI and NMBI
Recent PSI Learning Events
Update on the commencement of new Five-Year Integrated Pharmacy Degree Programme
IIOP call for Expressions of Interest for Peer Review Panel
Guidance on the Safe Supply of Non-Prescription Medicinal Products containing Domperidone
Guidance on Data Protection for Pharmacists
HPRA Drug Safety Newsletter
CPD Opportunities

PSI Learning Events- October 2014
New Education and Training (Integrated Course) Rules 2014
PSI (Fees) Rules 2014
Expressions of Interest - NCCP seeks Pharmacist Collaboration
New Dianette Educational Materials for patients and prescribers
Other Notices: Mouth Cancer Awareness Day, 17th September; Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week.
CPD Opportunities

Findings from Inspections in 2013 (Part 2)
PPC Annual Report and Learning Points for Pharmacists
Practice Updates:
- Guidance on the Delivery of Medicines Dispensed on Foot of a Prescription from a Retail Pharmacy Business
- 2014-2015 influenza vaccination training and providers; Report on the Evaluation of the Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Service in Pharmacies for 2013-2014
Clinical Efficacy of Levonorgestrel and Ulipristal
Save the Date – PSI Learning Events
PSI Inspection Policy Survey
Legislative Updates: Health Act 2007 (Care and Welfare of Residents in Designated Centres for Older People) Regulations 2013; Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 323 and 324 of 2014); Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (SI No. 300 of 2014)
Reminder Notice for Tutor Pharmacists
Other Notices: Launch of Third National Clinical Guideline on Clostridium difficile (C. diff); HPRA Publishes List of Substances Suitable for Reclassification (Switching); HIQA Consultation on National Standards for Residential Care Settings for Older People
CPD Opportunities
PSI Recruitment

Findings from Inspections in 2013
Consultation on Data Protection Guidance for Pharmacists
Gardaí Request Vigilance in the Sale of Pseudoephedrine
Policy Framework Development on ‘Temporary Absence’
Notice for Tutor Pharmacists for National Pharmacy Internship Programme (NPIP) 2014/2015
Current Update on Domperidone
Pharmacy Practice Guidance Manual Update
Change of name for the Irish Medicines Board from 1st July
IMB Drug Safety Newsletter
Upcoming CPD Opportunities

Public Consultation on Draft Guidance on the Delivery of Prescription-only Medicines from a Pharmacy
Call for Expressions of Interest: Inspection Policy Expert Project Group
Substitution of Medicines not included in the IMB Interchangeable List
2014-2015 Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Training
Remembering Former PSI Registrar Joe Cahill
Upcoming CPD Opportunities
Haemochromatosis Awareness Day

Transparency in the Pricing of Prescription Medicines
Proposed legislative change (Regulation of Retail Pharmacy Businesses Regulations 2008)
Practice update: Children Should NOT be Given Prophylactic Antipyretics at the Time of Vaccination
PSI Survey and Useful Information Resources
Guide to Selling Medical Devices (IMB)
PSI Council Appointments
CPD Opportunities
Useful Resources

Guidance on the provision of testing services in pharmacies
Revisions to guidance on supply to patients in nursing homes and residential care settings
Safe supply of Enbrel
Note on PSI Pharmacy Inspections
Inspectors' Advice on Storage Conditions
IIOP Information Meetings
Placement list for NPIP 2014/15
CPD Opportunities

Public Consultation on the Draft Statutory Instrument for Education and Training Rules
Accreditation standards for the integrated MPharm programme
Continued registration certificates
PSI's internship programme provider
Lithium information packs
Change to IMB communications for medicinal products recalls and defects
IIOP Recruitment notice
CPD Opportunities