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  • Use and control of medicines

    Topics:
    • Pharmacy, 
    • Pharmacy and medicines policy, 
    • Regulation of medicines

    The Department does not intend to publish a further edition of the above guidance.

    Important information on out-dated material

    In the interim period, since the publication of the last edition, there has been a series of guidance issued in respect of legislation and best practice associated with the use and control of medicines.

    The latest edition of ‘Use and Control of Medicines’ is now out of date in some areas and should not be relied upon to give definitive direction to those employed in the Service.

    The Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines: A Team Approach (The Revised Duthie Report 2005)

    This revision of the 1988 Duthie Report was led by the Hospital Pharmacists’ Group of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and was approved for use in all four countries in the United Kingdom.

    • The revised Duthie report

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    • Correspondence from the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for Northern Ireland
    • Counterfeit medicines
    • Incidents involving robbery at pharmacies
    • Legislation covering veterinary medicines
    • Letters and advice on the regulation of medicines
    • Medicines management
    • Medicines Optimisation
    • Medicines Regulatory Group
    • Medicines Regulatory Group enforcement actions
    • Medicines Regulatory Group press releases
    • Medicines Safety
    • National Appeal Panel
    • Pharmaceutical public health
    • Pharmacy in Practice
    • Pharmacy inspector newsletters
    • Precursor chemicals
    • Prescribing by Non-Medical Healthcare Professionals
    • Responsible pharmacist regulations and rebalancing project
    • The Pharmaceutical Clinical Effectiveness Programme
    • UK Commission on Pharmacy Professional Leadership
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