In Version 8, a number of the requirements ask for a policy or procedure to be signed off by a contractor representative. Who is the ‘contractor representative’?
A “contractor representative” could be anyone who has been authorised to represent a contractor for a particular purpose. This has not been defined further as different pharmacies will have different business models, for example it could be a director of the company, a board of directors, or someone appointed within a company to undertake the role. An IG Lead could be given the authority to sign off policies linked to IG. It is also possible for the person responsible for developing the policy to be the same as the person that has the authority to sign off the policy (e.g. if the owner of an independent pharmacy is preparing the policy them self ). The representative doesn’t need to be a pharmacist.
