[{"text_idx": "#000000", "text": "Paid for by the NHS - open to all community pharmacists."}, {"text_idx": "#000001", "text": "This page has been archived. It still supports good pharmacy practice; however, you may find some outdated terminology or broken links."}, {"text_idx": "#000004", "text": "Medicines legislation describes the requirements which need to be on a legally valid prescription. Language is not specified\nThere is currently no law or act that specifies that prescriptions in Wales have to be bilingual.\nIf you\u2019re not a Welsh speaker and can\u2019t understand the prescription, our advice is to put patient safety first. It is your responsibility to find the best way to help the patient. If you are presented with a prescription you do not fully understand, this might be through translation services or informal networks\nIf Welsh is the language of choice for your patient, their needs must be respected and every effort made to support the patient \u2013 every patient should be treated with courtesy and respect to avoid potential discrimination."}, {"text_idx": "#000005", "text": "Mae cyfraith meddyginiaethau yn disgrifio\u2019r gofynion y mae\u2019nrhaid iddynt fod ar bresgripsiwn dilys yn gyfreithiol. Nid yw\u2019riaith yn cael ei nodi\nNid oes cyfraith na deddf yn bodoli ar hyn o bryd sy\u2019nnodi bod yn rhaid i bresgripsiynau yng Nghymru fod ynddwyieithog\nOs nad ydych chi\u2019n siarad Cymraeg ac na allwch ddeall ypresgripsiwn, ein cyngor yw rhoi diogelwch y claf yn gyntaf.Eich cyfrifoldeb chi yw canfod y ffordd orau i helpu\u2019r claf. Osydych chi\u2019n derbyn presgripsiwn nad ydych chi\u2019n ei ddeallyn llawn, gallai hyn fod trwy wasanaethau cyfieithu neurwydweithiau anffurfiol\nOs Cymraeg yw dewis iaith eich claf, rhaid parchu euhanghenion a gwneud pob ymdrech i gefnogi\u2019r claf - dylaipob claf gael ei drin a\u0302 chwrteisi a pharch er mwyn osgoigwahaniaethu posibl."}, {"text_idx": "#000009", "text": "We are supportive of pharmacists conducting a consultation in Welsh, if both patient and pharmacist have sufficient fluency in the language and this is what both parties want. This consultation may be a natural bilingual conversation and may revert to English for technical issues and to confer understanding."}, {"text_idx": "#000010", "text": "If you are a Welsh speaking pharmacist and would like support in developing consultation skills through the medium of Welsh, WCPPE have developed a Consultation Skills Distance Learning Pack in Welsh. The pack aims to support pharmacists in conducting effective consultations which integrate a patient centred approach to everyday practice."}, {"text_idx": "#000011", "text": "Mae Deddf yr Iaith Gymraeg 1993 yn rhoi sail gyfartal i\u2019rGymraeg a\u2019r Saesneg mewn bywyd cyhoeddus yng Nghymru. Mae dwyieithrwydd yn rhan annatod o fywyd yng Nghymru. Mae gwasanaeth iechyd Cymraeg neu dwyeithog yn hanfodol ar gyfer lles cleifion Cymraeg eu hiaith, yn ol ymchwidiad gan y Comisiynydd y Gymraeg. Mae\u2019r Gymdeithas Fferyllol Frenhinol yng Nghymru yn cydnabod pwysigrwydd cael mynediad at fferyllwyr sy\u2019n siarad Cymraeg ar gyfer pobl sy\u2019n byw yng Nghymru, ac yn gwerthfawrogi gwerth cyfathrebu effeithiol i helpu pobl i gael y gorau o\u2019u meddyginiaethau. Os ydych chi\u2019n fferyllydd sy\u2019n siarad Cymraeg ag am gymorth i ddatblygu eich sgiliau ymgynghori trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg mae\u2019r WCPPE wedi datblygu pecyn dysgu o bell Sgiliau Ymgynghori yn y Gymraeg."}, {"text_idx": "#000012", "text": "Credwn fod angen i fferyllwyr wasanaethu anghenion ieithyddol eu cymunedau lleol, a allai wahaniaethu o un gymuned i\u2019r llall."}, {"text_idx": "#000013", "text": "Rydym yn cefnogi fferyllwyr sy\u2019n cynnal ymgynghoriadau yn Gymraeg, os yw\u2019r claf a\u2019r fferyllydd yn ddigon rhugl yn yr iaith, ac mai dyna yw dymuniad y naill a\u2019r llall. Gallai\u2019r ymgynghoriad hon fod yn sgwrs ddwyieithog naturiol ac fe allent droi i\u2019r Saesneg argyfer materion technegol ac i sicrhau dealltwriaeth."}, {"text_idx": "#000014", "text": "Treating Welsh speakers with dignity and respect"}, {"text_idx": "#000015", "text": "The inquiry by the Welsh Language Commissioner into the use of the Welsh language in primary care (My Language, My Health) highlighted the need for pharmacists and other health professionals to treat Welsh speakers with dignity and respect."}, {"text_idx": "#000016", "text": "It is important that patients are treated with courtesy at all times and that pharmacists adhere to the standards of conduct, ethics and performance set out by the GPhC. If Welsh is the language of choice for your patient, this must be respected and every effort made to support the patient, in order to make them feel fully included in decisions about their health care and to ensure theyare protected from potential discrimination."}, {"text_idx": "#000018", "text": "Fe wnaeth yr ymholiad gan Gomisiynydd y Gymraeg i ddefnydd y Gymraeg o fewn gofal sylfaenol (Fy Iaith, Fy Iechyd) dynnu sylw at yr angen i fferyllwyr a gweithwyr iechyd proffesiynol eraill i drin siaradwyr Cymraeg ag urddas a pharch. Mae\u2019n bwysig bod cleifion yn cael eu trin a\u0302 chwrteisi bob amser a bod fferyllwyr yn cadw at safonau ymddygiad, moeseg a pherfformiad a amlinellir gan y Cyngor Fferyllol Cyffredinol. Os Cymraeg yw dewis iaith eich claf, rhaid parchu eu hanghenion a gwneud pob ymdrech i gefnogi\u2019r claf, er mwyn gwneud iddynt deimlo\u2019n rhan lawn o benderfyniadau am eu gofal iechyd ac i sicrhau eu bod yn cael eu hamddiffyn rhaggwahaniaeth posibl."}, {"text_idx": "#000019", "text": "View of the Welsh Pharmacy Board"}, {"text_idx": "#000020", "text": "Below is the view of the Welsh Pharmacy Board on the use of the Welsh language in pharmacy settings. If, after reading the information below, you still have any questions or concerns,please contact our RPS support team."}, {"text_idx": "#000021", "text": "Medicines legislation describes the requirements which need to be on a legally valid prescription. Language is not specified."}, {"text_idx": "#000022", "text": "The opinion of the Welsh Pharmacy Board is to put patient safety first. It is your responsibility to find the best way to help the patient. If you are presented with a prescription you do not fully understand, this might be through translation services or informal networks. Some local health boards choose LanguageLine."}, {"text_idx": "#000023", "text": "A Welsh toolkit for community pharmacists which addresses key Welsh phrases and covers the technical issues of dosage and cautionary labels, accredited and endorsed by the Welsh Language Commissioner, could be a way forward. This is something we raised in our letter to the Welsh Language Commissioner."}, {"text_idx": "#000024", "text": "Prescribers should consider patient safety when prescribing. Issuing prescriptions partly or solely in a language other than English may introduce time delays in being dispensed, so if, as a prescriber, you think that a time delay could put your patient at risk, we recommend that you ensure that your prescription is fully bilingual or in English."}, {"text_idx": "#000025", "text": "In the interests of patient safety, under Requirement 266(7) for packaging and package leaflets relating to medicinal products in The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 it is stated that \u2018Information given in English in accordance with this regulation may be given in several languages in addition to English, provided that the same particulars appear in all the languages used.\u2019 In addition to ensuring that all pharmacists comply with these crucial legal requirements, medicines should be labelled in English or bi-lingualy including Welsh and English to ensure that if a patient is seen by a non-Welsh speaker these importantinstructions are understood."}, {"text_idx": "#000027", "text": "RPS Wales are delighted that the March-September 2016 edition of the BNF includes comprehensive Welsh translations for each cautionary and advisory label. These labels have been produced by a team of specialists from Bangor University and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, the team consisted of language specialists and pharmacists."}, {"text_idx": "#000028", "text": "The work has been approved and endorsed by the All Wales Medicines Strategy Group (AWMSG), which develops resources to support prescribers and maximise health gain through the safe use and cost-effective use of medicines."}, {"text_idx": "#000029", "text": "These labels are now available for pharmacists in order to increasing the amount of health support provided to individuals in Welsh within the NHS in Wales. RPS Wales and the Welsh Pharmacy Board is cognisant that many health care providers that a patient may interact with will not understand written Welsh, in order to ensure patient safety, prevent time delays in treatment as well as conforming to the requirements set our in the Human Medicines Regulations 2012 it is vital that these labels are produced bi-lingual rather than Welsh only."}, {"text_idx": "#000030", "text": "Isod ceir barn Bwrdd Fferylliaeth Cymru ar ddefnydd y Gymraeg o fewn lleoliadau fferyllol. Os oes gennych unrhyw gwestiynau neu bryderon, ar o\u0302l darllen y wybodaeth isod, cysylltwch a\u0302\u2019n ti\u0302m cymorth Cymdeithas Fferyllol Frenhinol."}, {"text_idx": "#000031", "text": "Mae cyfraith meddyginiaethau yn disgrifio\u2019r gofynion y mae\u2019n rhaid iddynt fod ar bresgripsiwn dilys yn gyfreithiol. Nid yw\u2019r iaith yn cael ei nodi."}, {"text_idx": "#000033", "text": "Gallai pecyn cymorth Cymraeg ar gyfer fferyllwyr cymunedol sy\u2019n mynd i\u2019r afael a\u0302 brawddegau Cymraeg allweddol ac sy\u2019n ymdrin a\u0302 materion technegol fel dognau a labeli a\u0302 rhybudd, wedi\u2019i achredu a\u2019i gymeradwyo gan Gomisiynydd y Gymraeg, fod yn ffordd bosibl ymlaen. Mae hyn yn rhywbeth y gwnaethom ei godi yn ein llythyr at Gomisiynydd y Gymraeg."}, {"text_idx": "#000034", "text": "Dylai presgripsiynwyr ystyried diogelwch cleifion wrth bresgripsiynu. Gallai ysgrifennu presgripsiwn yn rhannol neu\u2019n gyfan gwbl mewn iaith ac eithrio Saesneg arwain at oedi wrth roi cyffuriau, felly os ydych chi, fel presgripsiynydd, yn credu y gallai oedi roi eich claf wrth risg, rydym yn argymell eich bod yn sicrhau bod eich presgripsiwn yn gwbl ddwyieithog neu yn Saesneg."}, {"text_idx": "#000036", "text": "Defnydd o labelai rhybuddiol a chynghorol y BNF"}, {"text_idx": "#000038", "text": "Mae\u2019r gwaith wedi cael ei gymeradwyo a\u2019i gadarnhau gan y Grw\u0302p Strategaeth Feddyginiaethau Cymru (AWMSG), sy\u2019n datblygu adnoddau i gefnogi rhagnodwyr a gwneud y mwyaf o adnoddau iechyd trwy\u2019r defnydd diogel a chost - effeithiol o feddyginiaethau."}, {"text_idx": "#000039", "text": "Mae\u2019r labeli yn awr ar gael i fferyllwyr er mwyn cynyddu swm y cymorth iechyd a ddarperir i unigolion yn Gymraeg o fewn y GIG yng Nghymru . Mae RPS Cymru a Bwrdd Fferylliaeth Cymru yn ymwybodol fydd llawer o ddarparwyr gofal iechyd y gall claf ryngweithio a\u0302 ddim yn medru deall Cymraeg ysgrifenedig. Er mwyn sicrhau diogelwch cleifion, atal oedi mewn triniaeth yn ogystal a\u0302 chydymffurfio a gofynion Rheoliadau Meddyginiaethau Dynol 2012 yn hanfodol bod y labeli hyn yn cael eu cynhyrchu yn ddwyieithog yn hytrach na Chymraeg yn unig."}, {"text_idx": "#000044", "text": "Where to go for further information\nBle i fynd am ragor o wybodaeth"}]