Background Reading list
The list of essential and recommended background reading as part of the ‘Accreditation programme for pharmacy staff involved in the verification of SACT prescriptions’.
For more information please see:
- Please download the Cancer Pharmacy Education & Training Standards here
- To go back to the Cancer Pharmacy Education & Training Standards click here
- To access the RMPartners SACT Pharmacy Verification Passport click here
Essential background reading
Organisational Clinical Oncology Policies
The BOPA verification standards: https://www.bopa.org.uk/resources/bopa-standards-for-clinical-pharmacy-verification-of-cancer-medicine-prescriptions-october-2018/
Organisational SACT protocols
National SACT protocols and guidelines: https://www.bopa.org.uk/useful-websites/
Recommended background reading
CRUK patient held diary (copies with nurses on each unit): https://publications.cancerresearchuk.org/publication/your-cancer-treatment-record?_ga=2.79720983.103117945.1580761870-831052963.1563455291
Handbook of Cancer Chemotherapy: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Skeels-Handbook-Cancer-Therapy-Khleif/dp/1496305558/ref=dp_ob_title_bk
Beginners Guide to Targeted Cancer Treatments: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beginners-Guide-Targeted-Cancer-Treatments/dp/1119126797/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=targeted+cancer+treatments+vickers&qid=1580726025&s=books&sr=1-1
RMPartners SACT resources https://rmpartners.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Useful-SACT-resources.pdf