All activities undertaken by community employee pharmacists in the normal course of their employment 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.
Protection is also provided for :
Many community pharmacy employees undertake odd day locum work, usually on Saturdays or during holidays. The standard employee scheme does not extend cover in this situation.
However, an odd day locum extension facility is available. Payment of a small additional fee extends cover as long as the income form locum work does not exceed £4,500 per annum.
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 Community employee policy (PDAR) will not provide them with protection for this activity. Protection to pharmacists involved in writing PGD's will only be provided if they take out the much more comprehensive (PDAC) Pharmacist Consultant scheme instead of the (PDAR) Community employee scheme.
Primary care pharmacy work probably entails many activities that are routinely undertaken by community pharmacists whilst in the pharmacy. Examples may include medication review or the operation of clinics. Whilst working in the pharmacy, all community pharmacy employee pharmacists would be covered for all of these activities. However, should these activities be undertaken in a GP surgery as opposed to in the hospital itself, then a whole new level of potential liability risk is incurred. Protection for pharmacists involved in providing services in GP surgeries will only be provided if they take out the much more comprehensive (PDAC) Primary Care scheme instead of the (PDAR) community pharmacy employee scheme.
Pharmacists involved in this activity would require a Primary Care Scheme.