MEP revision guide
🔒 Pro featureA deep, chapter-by-chapter guide to Medicines, Ethics and Practice, the law and ethics half of the GPhC registration assessment. 15 chapters cover everything from the legal classes of medicine and controlled drugs to professional standards, confidentiality and the Responsible Pharmacist.
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See Pro1Legal classification of medicinesFreeGSL, P and POM, where each can be sold, and reclassification.2🔒 Sale and supply of medicinesPack-size limits and OTC restrictions you must know.3🔒 Prescription requirements and prescribersWhat a valid POM prescription needs, and who can prescribe.4🔒 Controlled drugs: classes and schedulesClasses A to C versus Schedules 1 to 5, with examples.5🔒 Controlled drugs: prescriptionsWhat a Schedule 2 or 3 CD prescription must contain.6🔒 Controlled drugs: storage and recordsSafe custody, the CD register, requisitions and destruction.7🔒 Emergency supplySupplying without a prescription in an emergency.8🔒 PGDs and PSDsSupplying medicines without an individual prescription.9🔒 Professional standards and ethicsGPhC standards, ethical principles and professional judgement.10🔒 Confidentiality and data protectionKeeping information safe and when disclosure is allowed.11🔒 SafeguardingRecognising abuse and acting on concerns.12🔒 Dispensing errors and candourHandling errors openly and learning from them.13🔒 Responsible Pharmacist and governanceRunning a registered pharmacy lawfully and safely.14🔒 Records and retention periodsA quick reference of who keeps what, and for how long.15🔒 Veterinary medicinesVeterinary medicine categories and the cascade.
⚠️ Always check the current MEP
This guide is revision material to help you learn and apply the principles. Pharmacy law and the GPhC standards change over time, so the current edition of the MEP, the GPhC standards and UK legislation always take precedence.