Test your dispensary knowledge

Do you know your profits from your losses?

The 2023 DDA conference saw the debut of a Dynamite Dispensing Quiz 2023, with prizes generously donated by Dispex, Pharmacy Storage Solutions, Titan, Dispensing Doctor Solutions and Cambrian Alliance.

The questions posed to the audience, who took part on a fastest (correct) finger first basis, were as follows:

Who is legally allowed to dispense prescription only medication in a dispensary unsupervised?
Can you dispense to a non dispensing patient?
Can we hand out a prescription if there is no doctor in the building?
What is the total weekly number of dispensing hours needed to meet the DSQS requirement for a two-site dispensary, which, in total, dispenses 12,499 items per month?
According to DSQS guidance, as well as the NVQ2 qualification, how many hours of experience should a trainee dispenser have before they can work unsupervised?
Which controlled drug schedule is Tramadol in?
How many dispensing practices are there in the UK?
What is forecast to cost the NHS approximately £6 billion?
What is a T28 exemption and do I need one?
A patient would like me to dispense a private prescription to them. Can I do so?
What is the maximum I can charge a patient to deliver their medication to them?
If a patient presents a Welsh prescription (WP10) in England, can I accept it, and do I charge them?
Aripiprazole 30mg tablets have a tariff price of £30.28. Assuming no discount and taking into account clawback and VAT (but excluding the dispensing fee, will you make a profit or loss if you dispense this drug?
There is currently a shortage of insulins. If I switch my patients to Humulog insulin, with a tariff price of £28.31 and get no discount, taking into account clawback and VAT, will I make a profit or loss on this item?
The drug tariff price of Mirena is £88. Assuming I get no discount, and taking into account clawback and VAT, will I make a profit or loss if I dispense it?

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