Wholesale Supply

Question 1

Wholesale dealing

Answer 1

Sale to a person (or company) who buys for the purposes of buying again

Question 2

Do pharmacies trade commercially

Answer 2

No
- need wholesale dealers license
- must apply good distribution practise (GDP) standards
Have ‘responsible person’ named on license

Question 3

Pharmacy supply

Answer 3

Not for commercial trade or profit
Supply of small quantities of medicines to another pharmacy
Supply to other healthcare providers
Purchaser must be authorised to sell, supply or administer the goods in the course of the business
Whole packs only
Medicines should not be labelled
U.K. licensed medicines only

Question 4

Who can receive medicines by wholesale

Answer 4

Persons
Organisations

What they can receive depends on who you are

• practitioners: the restrictions do not apply to the sale, offer for sale or supply of any medicinal product by a doctor or dentist to a patient
• others restricted or exempt
• schools can have salbutamol inhalers for emergency use

Question 5

Signed orders/requisition

Answer 5

A signed order is not legally required - but good practise

• specific cases
• CDs

Question 6

Recording wholesale supply

Answer 6

Record must be made in prescription-only register (POR) for any supply of POM
Unless
- CD record is made
- copy of the order or invoice is retained for 2 years
- copy of the order/invoice retained for 2 years

Question 7

MHRA exemptions list

Answer 7

Podiatrists
Midwives
Optometrists
Paramedics
Occupational health

Question 8

Sale

Answer 8

Give ya o take at s later date

Question 9

Sale

Answer 9

Give in exchange for money

Question 10

Administration

Answer 10

Taken/given at that time

Question 11

What can Midwives supply/sale and administer

Answer 11

Sale/supply

• GSLs
• Ps
• Named POMs

Administer

• names POMs
• Lidocaine products during childbirth only

Question 12

What can Podiatrist

Answer 12

Sell or supply list
Administer list
POMs can be supplied direct to o a patient on presentation of a signed

Question 13

What can optometrist sale or supply

Answer 13

Sell/supply
Purchase for use in practise
POMs supplied

Question 14

Additional supply optometrist

Answer 14

Additional qualification to sell/supply additional POMs

Question 15

Paramedics

Answer 15

.

Question 16

Supply of salbutamol inhalers to schools

Answer 16

Inhalers can be kept in case of emergency
Signed order from head teacher 
- name of school
- purpose of supply
- quantity required
Records kept by pharmacy (POM register)

Question 17

Supply of adrenaline auto-injectors to schools

Answer 17

Auto-injectors kept in case of emergency 
Signed order from principal
More than 1 strength 
Brand me can differ in the way to use it
Safe disposal of needle + unwanted stock