Statutory Committee decisions
Set out below are the outcomes of recent inquiries heard before the Statutory Committee of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain on Monday 18 June and Tuesday 19 June 2007.
1. Following the inquiry into the case of Ian Anthony McAsey (registration
number 85173), the committee adjourned to resume and deliver the determination
at a later date.
2. Following the inquiry into the case of Sheila Elizabeth Coventry (registration
number 81492), the committee resolved to reprimand Mrs Coventry following her
conviction on 13 December 2005 at Edinburgh Sheriff Court for causing assault
to injury.
3. The Statutory Committee issued a reprimand to Neil Hutchinson (registration
number 79982) following an inquiry into a number of dispensing errors; the
supply of a Controlled Drug, namely, 30 Concerta X tablets, against a prescription
for 14 such tablets; a failure to comply with the labelling regulations; a
breach of Regulation 19 of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001 relating to
record-keeping; a failure to supply a patient with his medicine and the pharmacy’s
failure to deal with the subsequent complaint appropriately; the supply of
medicine to a patient without reference to a prescription or a copy prescription
and without checking with the prescriber; an oversupply of candesartan tablets
and a failure to label this supply accurately; a failure to keep a verifiable
audit trail of the supply of prescription only medicine; the supply of medicine
to a patient by reference only to previously incorrectly supplied medication
and the labelling from an old monitored dosage system pack; a failure to act
in the best interests of a patient; a failure to deal with a patient’s
mother in a professional and courteous manner; a failure as superintendent
pharmacist to have in place a system to identify each pharmacist responsible
for particular supply; a failure to heed the advice of the Society; a failure
to have in place adequate procedures for dispensing in monitored dosage systems;
the pharmacy’s inadequate procedures for dealing with errors and complaints;
an unacceptably dirty and untidy pharmacy; a failure to assess or remove date-expired
chemicals and/or medication; the presence at the pharmacy of patient- returned
medicines, including prescription-only medicines, on a stairway to which customers
had access, in the stockroom and in the office; and, the dispensing of owings
without reference to the relevant prescription, may amount to misconduct. The
committee further directed that no further action should be taken against Carol
Janette Hutchinson (registration number 79981).
David Gomez
Secretary to the Statutory Committee |
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