MEMBERS of the public should not be allowed to purchase medicines on aeroplanes or trains, argues the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. The RPS is one of several pharmacy organisations to have reservations about the proposal to allow general sale list (GSL) medicines to be sold on aeroplanes and trains. It is opposing the move on the grounds that commercial profit is potentially being put ahead of patient safety-. In its response to a Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency consultation, which closed last week, the RPS argues that medicines should only be sold in the presence of a pharmacist or health professional in order to protect patient safely. It is also concerned that medicine storage and stock control on aeroplanes might cause problems.
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