NEW legislation to protect community pharmacists in the UK from prosecution over dispensing errors has been signed into law by the Privy Council, and could come into force as soon as Apr this year, reports the Pharmaceutical Journal.
The Pharmacy (Preparation and Dispensing Errors -- Registered Pharmacies) Order 2018 will introduce new defences for inadvertent dispensing errors by registered pharmacy professionals working in registered pharmacies.
It is intended to encourage a more transparent culture of error reporting by reducing the fear of criminal prosecution, thereby allowing pharmacy teams to learn from mistakes.
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