The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 277 No 7431 p754
16 December 2006

Society summary

Dispensing of CD instalments due on holidays

As The Journal went to press, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society was awaiting clarification from the Home Office in relation to wording that may be added to Controlled Drug instalment prescriptions to allow instalments due on days when the pharmacy is closed (eg, Sundays and bank holidays) to be dispensed on the day immediately before the closure. Once received, the information will be placed on the Society’s website to provide pharmacists with advice in time for the Christmas and New Year holidays. It will be posted as a Law and Ethics Bulletin on the Legal and Ethical Advisory Service section.

It will also appear in the 23/30 December issue of The Pharmaceutical Journal.

See Law and ethics bulletins