. The chemist and druggist [electronic resource]. Senate urges rethink in errors fight Guidance produced on singledispensing errors by the CrownProsecution Service (CPS) does notgo far enough in protectingpharmacists, the C+D Senate hasconcluded. But rather than just pushing for alaw change, which could be alengthy process, the professionshould focus on reducing errors andcould lobby the attorney general,the Senators agreed Senator and lawyer DavidReissner said although the CPSguidance was designed to makeprosecutors think twice aboutbringing cases against pharmacists,
. The chemist and druggist [electronic resource]. Senate urges rethink in errors fight Guidance produced on singledispensing errors by the CrownProsecution Service (CPS) does notgo far enough in protectingpharmacists, the C+D Senate hasconcluded. But rather than just pushing for alaw change, which could be alengthy process, the professionshould focus on reducing errors andcould lobby the attorney general,the Senators agreed Senator and lawyer DavidReissner said although the CPSguidance was designed to makeprosecutors think twice aboutbringing cases against pharmacists,all it had done was to restate thecode for deciding whether toprosecute But that code was in place at thetime Elizabeth Lee was charged, hewarned. If prosecutors now werebrought under pressure by familiesor by police there is no reason tosuppose the situation would beparticularly different. Pharmacists agreed they did notfeel protected by the guidance andMr Reissner continued: I wouldmake representations to theattorney general who is responsible. Mark Koziol: CPS guidance gives defence teams more to get their teeth around for the CPS. I would say that thisstatement doesnt do the job andthen say I wanted the CPS to say itwouldnt bring a prosecutionwithout consulting the regulator. Senator Mark Koziol of thePharmacists Defence Associationsaid the guidance did give defenceteams more to get their teetharound, but agreed prosecutionscould still happen. The Senate also called for aculture shift to encourage errorreporting and said pharmacists mustmake reducing errors a Pharmacy area manager and Senator Debby Crockfordconcluded: If humans are involvedthere are always going to be errorsand the only way to improvepractice is to self-report those. The Senators discussed theElizabeth Lee case after C+D readersunanimously voted for the topicto be on the agenda at the C+DSenate ZS The full verdict ondispensing errors More on the Senate page 22 Tescos super Price Adrian Pri
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