CPS publishes guidance on prosecuting Medicines Act offences where a dispensing error has occurred – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted June 24th, 2010 in Crown Prosecution Service, medicines, pharmacists, press releases by sally

“The Crown Prosecution Service has today published Legal Guidance to Crown Prosecutors on the prosecution of offences in the Medicines Act 1968, including where there has been a dispensing error by a pharmacist. This Legal Guidance has been agreed in consultation with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the Department of Health (DH).”

Full press release

Crown Prosecution Service, 21st June 2010

Source: www.cps.gov.uk