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PLEA

@PLEA_UK

The Pharmacy Law and Ethics Association

Joined August 2013
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PLEA@PLEA_UKOct 7
The case of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust v Ibrahim deals with #liability for failing to to provide prescribed #medicines and human rights. Read more in the News section of our website plea.org.uk #pharmacy #ECHR #pharmacist #medicine
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The case of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust v Ibrahim deals with #liability for failing to to provide prescribed #medicines and human rights. Read more in the News section of our website plea.org.uk #pharmacy #ECHR #pharmacist #medicine
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GPhC issues first enforcement action over prescription‑only medicine advertising - #FitnesstoPractise News by Kings View Chambers The GPhC has taken its first enforcement action against a pharmacy business for breaching rules on advertising POMs. fitnesstopractisenews.co.uk/…
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Irene@UKFCOTSep 8
Replying to @HealthRegLawyer @PLEA_UK
Big impact: shows the significance of regulation - protecting the public and public confidence in services; importance of honesty and integrity. Concerning that local Integrated Care Board failed to 'make a decision that complied with the requirements of the Regulations.'
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A great latest blog from @PLEA_UK regarding a pharmacy lost due to the Superintendent's needless lack of candour with NHS England plea.org.uk/news/pharmacy-lo…
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My latest @ChemistDruggist blog deals with the huge sums of money involved in weight loss drugs, and how regulation is enforced chemistanddruggist.co.uk/ana… #obesity #wegovy #mounjaro #saxenda @TheGPhC @MHRAgovuk @ASA_UK #law #pharmacy #dispensing #drugs
From a lawyer: Can regulators enforce weight loss drug laws?

From a lawyer: Can regulators enforce weight loss drug laws?

The GPhC recently issued an improvement notice against pharmacy Express Healthcare, but can other regulators act effectively without the same legal powers?

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Significant changes to NHS #pharmacy regulations, including #pharmacist #prescribing, market entry changes & #pharmacies that are open when closed. Details in the News section of our website plea.org.uk
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PLEA@PLEA_UKAug 7
The clinical trial for puberty blockers can go ahead. An application to the High Court to halt it has been turned down. Details in the News section of our website plea.org.uk #medicines #pharmacy #pharmacist #pubertyblockers
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The clinical trial for puberty blockers can go ahead. An application to the High Court to halt it has been turned down. Details in the News section of our website plea.org.uk #medicines #pharmacy #pharmacist #pubertyblockers
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Do healthcare regulators like @gmcuk and @TheGPhC owe a duty of care when dealing with fitness to practise concerns? When was the last time someone was sent to prison for breaching The Human #Medicines Regulations?
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Find the answers in the News section of our website plea.org.uk #medicines #pharmacy #circumcision #FitnessToPractise #pharmacist #law
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Members can read an extended version of David's C&D blog in the Members' Area of our website plea.org.uk
David Reissner (@davidreissner) profile pictureDavid Reissner@davidreissnerJul 22
#Pharmacy is the most highly regulated of all the #healthcare professional. In this blog, I've taken a deep dive into an often overlooked #regulator chemistanddruggist.co.uk/ana…
From a lawyer: The pessary and the pharmacy - a closer look

From a lawyer: The pessary and the pharmacy - a closer look

A recent report in C+D about the case of a five-year-old girl who, in 2023, was inappropriately prescribed a pessary that was dispensed by a local pharmacy prompted me to take a closer look at the...

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Pharmacy-related amendments to the Health Bill have been tabled. Read more in the News section of our website plea.org.uk. Later this week, Chair, @davidreissner's members' blog will cover new guidance on supervision. Join to read it. #pharmacy #pharmacist
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Here at @PLEA_UK (Pharmacy Law & Ethics Association), we've agreed to start contributing a monthly blog to @PharmacyMagUK in which we'll comment on legal issues for pharmacists to consider when making their clinical decisions. If there is a particular scenario which you would like to see covered, please let me know about it!
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We hope you are enjoying the World Cup, but what about the players and their medical teams? What are the risks to players from non-prescription medicines or of inadvertently taking a banned substance? These and other questions are answered by Steve Simbler in a members' blog.
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Steve is an expert on medicines management in sport. To read his blog, members can log in. Non-members can join for only £40 plea.org.uk/join-plea/ (free for students) #medicines #sport #FIFAWorldCup #WorldCup #football #medication @FIFAWorldCup @FIFAcom
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GPhC@TheGPhCApr 28
Our consultation is now open on a proposed new one‑year registration route for internationally‑qualified pharmacists (outside the EEA, EFTA & Switzerland). Have your say by 21 July 2026 >> ow.ly/gn3G50YR08i
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Another, Another event. After yesterday's very successful @PLEA_UK seminar, I just managed to get to the @rc_pharm launch event in time. Tonight, I'm an alumnus at @QMSchoolofLaw to hear Lord Justice Rabinder Singh speak. When he was at the bar, I briefed him in #pharmacy cases.
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It was a great presentation, Andrea. Thank you.
Andrea James (@HealthRegLawyer) profile pictureAndrea James
@HealthRegLawyerApr 16
I really enjoyed seeing so many pharmacy contacts at yesterday's @PLEA_UK annual seminar. I spoke about a few of the #FitnessToPractise related legal highlights of 2025/26 and picked the following from a long list:
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A timely report just as Susan Hunneyball is speaking at our annual seminar on the legal & ethical iimplications of AI in pharmacy practice #AI️️️️ #pharmacy #PLEAseminar chemistanddruggist.co.uk/ana…
AI and automation in pharmacy: Transformative, risky, or both?

AI and automation in pharmacy: Transformative, risky, or both?

C+D’s Counter View 25 survey asked readers about AI and automation in pharmacy - and found that while there’s optimism around automated dispensing, many have doubts about the clinical uses of AI.

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A great presentation @susanhunneyball
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