A proposal which would allow
a defence for hospital pharmacists
in the UK who inadvertently make a
dispensing error has been referred
to the British health ministry for
approval.
A statement from the Rebalancing
Medicines Legislation and
Pharmacy Regulation Programme
Board said it had considered a draft
report recommending changes
to “enable and support increased
reporting and learning from
dispensing errors, by pharmacy
professionals.
“This is part of a wider cultural
change that will require ongoing
commitment from a range of
interests across pharmacy, other
healthcare providers and the
Devolved Administrations.”
The Board said officials are also
looking at whether the defence
would apply in cases where
pharmacists are involved in the
emergency supply of medicines,
providing a minor ailments
service, and in cases that involve a
pharmacist prescriber, reports the
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