Family to take civil action after dispensing error deathRelatives of a woman who died after a dispensing error are to take civil action, the family’s lawyers have confirmed.…
How does lack of anonymity facilitate shared learning in error reporting? Why Joy Wingfield is concerned about the decision to abolish anonymity for community pharmacies in reporting errors before the decriminalisation of dispensing errors has become a reality.…
Why elderly care must be a priority for pharmacists in Wales Health minister calls for pharmacists to focus on polypharmacy and over-treatment in the elderly.…
Q&A: Ensuring vaccine safety is no easy task Patrick LF Zuber, group leader for global vaccine safety at the World Health Organization, talks about vaccine safety, the Ebola vaccine and new vaccines in the pipeline.…
Medicines regulator reviews chloramphenicol packaging after picking errors Regulators are working with community pharmacy organisations to review the packaging of chloramphenicol eye and ear drops.…
CPS will not act against pharmacist whose error led to patient’s deathA pharmacist involved in a dispensing error that led to the death of a patient is being investigated by the General Pharmaceutical Council.…
Medication errors common in children A child is subject to a medication error every eight minutes in the United States, according to research that analysed calls to national poison hotlines.…
Medication errors cost the NHS up to £2.5bn a year The NHS wastes at least £1bn – and possibly as much as £2.5bn – on preventable errors, many of which are related to improper use of medication, according to a report commissioned by the Department of Health.…
Valproate poses risk to unborn children, says European regulator Review recommends that valproate should not be prescribed to treat bipolar disorder or epilepsy in pregnant women or women or girls of childbearing age unless there is no alternative product.…
Pharmacists should no longer be at risk of prosecution for dispensing errors New contract between the NHS and community pharmacists in England should hasten change in the criminalisation of dispensing errors.…
