The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 277 No 7428 p636
25 November 2006

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· Section 60 Order (2)
· Supermarket pharmacy
· Patient safety
· Controlled drugs (2)
· Drug misuse
· The profession
· The Council (2)
· The Society
· Community pharmacy

Letters to the Editor

Patient safety

Pharmacists should create a similar pledge

From Professor Sir John Lilleyman

Your leading article on the 4 November (p534) entitled “Patient safety to the fore” pointed out that the National Patient Safety Agency had not invited other bodies, such as the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, to sign the pledge: “A commitment to patient safety”.

This was a professional initiative from within the medical profession with the NPSA playing a facilitative role in producing the pledge.

We would welcome working with pharmacists to create a similar pledge and recognise their importance in delivering patient safety.

John Lilleyman
Medical Director, NPSA

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