Controlled drugs

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Reporting an Incident

Under the NHS terms of service for community pharmacies, pharmacies are required to have processes to deal with and learn from incidents including dispensing errors.

The Learn from Patient Safety Events (LFPSE) is the central database of patient safety incident reports.

CPE guidance on incident reporting HERE

Controlled drugs issues and incidents should be reported to the Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer.

Darren Barnett – Interim Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer

Vicky Bawn – Project Co-ordinator

E-mail england.southwestcontrolleddrugs@nhs.net

Report all incidents online at www.cdreporting.co.uk

Useful info is also published on the controlled drugs monthly newsletters HERE