Decriminalisation of dispensing errors will take two to three years, says DoH

摘要

DECRIMINALISATION of dispensing errors, although a priority, could take up to three years to implement, it emerged this week during a meeting of the All-Party Pharmacy GrourJ. Keith Ridge, chief pharmaceutical officer for England, stressed that the issue of dispensing errors would be a priority for the newly formed pharmacy programme board, which has been set up to investigate the "rebalancing of medicines legislation and professional regulation".