Saw this today on the BBC and on nelm.nhs.uk:
What a load of tripe. VIPPS is an american accreditation system that is flawed to say the least and the RPSGB system is even worse.
It would be very easy for a company to forge the society accredited logo.
The report does highlight a very important issue though. The public currently has no reliable way of assuring the quality of an internet pharmacy site.
I really think there should be a special domain name that only UK registered pharmacies can purchase, much in the same way only NHS organisations can use the nhs.uk extension.
For example, you could register www.yourcompany.pharmacy.uk with nominet (the uk internet registery) who would confirm registration status with RPSGB. This way you would stop fraudulent and dangerous pharmacy sites.
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It would be very easy for a company to forge the society accredited logo.
The report does highlight a very important issue though. The public currently has no reliable way of assuring the quality of an internet pharmacy site.
I really think there should be a special domain name that only UK registered pharmacies can purchase, much in the same way only NHS organisations can use the nhs.uk extension.
For example, you could register www.yourcompany.pharmacy.uk with nominet (the uk internet registery) who would confirm registration status with RPSGB. This way you would stop fraudulent and dangerous pharmacy sites.
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