Submitted on Saturday 3rd February 2018
Rejected on Wednesday 14th February 2018
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Align legal status of pharmacy standards with individual pharmacist standards.
BBC coverage: Boots pharmacists raise staffing concerns; Boots Pharmacist under Pressure? ‘Frazzled’ Boots pharmacist mixed up patient’s pills.
This highlights how errors seem ALWAYS the fault of frontline pharmacists and NEVER the fault of the organisation or because of policy set by the employer.
The documentary ‘Pharmacist under pressure?’ highlighted three fatal cases. The serious case review reported a failure of individual pharmacists as a direct cause of the avoidable errors in drug dispensation. Only in one case were the owners of the premise held accountable (vicarious liability). Pharmacists must be provided with the minimum time and resources to prevent these errors. Patient safety will improve by holding pharmacy owners to legal account and not scapegoat individual pharmacists.
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