Fitness to Practice and GPhC

Question 1

9 standards of pharmacy

Answer 1

1) Pharmacists ahould provide person centred care
2) How to professionally work in a partnership with those in the pharmacy team
3) Ability to communicate effectively
4) Maintain and develop skills
5) Professional judgement to put the patient first
6) Behave in a professional manner
7) Remote consutation so there is confidentiality
8) Ethics good proctice speak up when something is wrong
9) Demonstrate leadership

Question 2

Fitness to practice procedure

Answer 2

• Concern Received - could turn into an investigation
• Initial Inquires and Investigation - Visiting the site, pharmacy professional involved and identifying any
  witnesses complete in three to nine months
• Investigating Committee - a chair or deputy chair, two pharmacy professional members anda lay member.
• Fitness to practise committee - hearing in public.

Question 3

Being a witness

Answer 3

Witnesses play a vital role in helping to investigate a concern raised about a pharmacy professional

Question 4

Witness procedure

Answer 4

• Contact and ask what happened
• Asking for a formal statement
• Tell them what the commity decides
• Arrange with with them to give evidence at hearing