Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Howard Stoate (Labour), on Monday, 1 June 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 234 members in total.
DECRIMINALISATION OF SINGLE DISPENSING ERRORS
That this House recognises that community pharmacists are on the front line in providing vital services to NHS patients in a high-pressure environment; notes that under the Medicines Act 1968pharmacists who make an error while dispensing medicines are regularly tried for a criminal offence; is concerned that this discourages healthcare professionals who fear being criminalised from reporting dispensing errors; is further concerned that this limits opportunities to record mistakes and to learn from these errors; notes that the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency is currently undertaking a project to review medicines legislation; and calls on the Government to work with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain to ensure that amended legislation offers a more proportionate response with the flexibility to recognise a genuine single dispensing error.
Secondary information
- Type
- Early day motion
- Reference
- 1561
- Session
- 2008-09
- Other sponsors
- Colin Breed
- Martin Caton
- Andrew Dismore
- Sandra Gidley
- Bob Russell
- Subjects
- Medicine
- Link
- View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk
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