New Society CD inspections to start on 1 April
Royal Pharmaceutical Society inspections of the handling of Controlled Drugs by community pharmacies will start on 1 April.
New governance arrangements for CDs in England (PDF 3.3MB) come into
effect on that date, following the Department of Health’s response
to the recommendations of the Shipman Inquiry.
All health care organisations, including community pharmacies, will have
to make declarations at least every two years of whether or not they
keep CDs. They will need to explain any seemingly unusual patterns of
prescribing or supply.
Community pharmacies will have to send the declarations to the Royal
Pharmaceutical Society; NHS trusts and other private and voluntary sector
organisations will have to send them to the Healthcare Commission.
The Society is expected to build its CD role into its routine inspections
of community pharmacies and will send the necessary declaration forms
to pharmacies when they are due for inspection.
NHS trusts will be able to ask the Society to carry out special inspections
of hospital pharmacy departments if there are concerns. Trusts will have
to pay for this service. |
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