All activities undertaken by self employed locum pharmacists in the normal course of their work as long as the activity is one that would be deemed to be an acceptable one by the Law and Ethics Committee of the RPSGB.
This PDAL scheme provides cover whether the locum is working in Community or Hospital pharmacy, and provides protection even if some of the work is undertaken in an employed capacity e.g if working as an employee of an agency or if working as a direct employee on a part-time basis whilst working self employed for the rest of the time.
Protection is also provided for :
Some pharmacists will actually be involved in helping to draft the local Patient Group Direction and they will be required to be co-signatories to such a PGD. The standard self employed locum scheme (PDAL) will not provide them with protection for this activity. Protection to pharmacists nvolved in writing PGD's will only be provided if they take out the much more comprehensive (PDAC) Pharmacist Consultant scheme instead of the (PDAL) locum scheme.
Primary care pharmacy work entails activities that are technically more demanding and requiring additional skills and training. Examples may include drug information, formalised medication review services or the operation of clinics. If the locum is providing these services in a hospital pharmacy setting then the standard locum policy will provide cover. However, if these services are undertaken by a locum in a community pharmacy or a GP's surgery, then a whole new level of potential liability risk is incurred. Protection for locums pharmacists involved in providing these more specialist services in community pharmacies, GP surgeries or other such locations will only be provided if they take out the much more comprehensive (PDAC) Pharmacist Consultant scheme instead of the (PDAL) Self employed locum pharmacist scheme.
Pharmacists involved in this activity would require a Primary Care Scheme.