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Coroner: Mechanic bought overdose medicines without wholesale licence

Business owner used trade account to 'bulk buy' paracetamol, coroner finds.

03 Nov 2025 , 2 Min Article

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National investigation launched into ‘skinny jab’ hospitalisations

MHRA launches study as hundreds of GLP-1 users hospitalised

27 Jun 2025 , 1 Min Article

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Viewpoint: Moving towards a better balance

As a new report highlights community pharmacy workforce issues as a major risk to patient safety, ex-deputy Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for England Bruce Warner looks at what can be done to turn things around.

07 Apr 2025 , 4 Min Article

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Rethinking co-drug names could prevent errors

Standardised nomenclature for combination formulations could prevent errors, new research suggests.

16 Dec 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Coroner urges pharmacy to review Easter dispensing after overdose death

Elderly woman received excess diazepam and codeine due to Easter bank holiday, says coroner

28 Nov 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Scottish nurse died after buying Mounjaro from online pharmacy

Weight loss injections listed as a contributing factor in Susan McGowan's death.

11 Nov 2024 , 2 Min Article

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Woman died after taking medicine from husband’s ‘identical’ dosette box

Pharmacy bodies respond to coroner's report on Berkshire woman's death

16 Oct 2024 , 1 Min Article

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‘Advance’ methadone dispensing contributed to overdose death, says coroner

Coroner questions pharmacy's decision to 'use discretion' when dispensing methadone

20 Aug 2024 , 1 Min Article

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Patient safety: part eight

The eighth and final module in this series looks at the second victim phenomenon, in conjunction with CPPE.

14 Apr 2021 , 2 Min Module

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Patient safety: part seven

Part seven of this CPPE series looks at different tools that can be used to improve patient safety.

10 Mar 2021 , 5 Min Module

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Patient safety: part six

Part six of this series looks at the effectivness of huddles with regards to improving patients saftey.

08 Feb 2021 , 3 Min Module

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Patient safety: part five

Part five of this series looks at patient involvement and safety campigns.

12 Jan 2021 , 3 Min Module

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Patient safety: part four

The fourth module in this series looks at patient safety, reporting and analysis.

10 Dec 2020 , 6 Min Module

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Patient safety: part three

Part three of this series provides an understanding of safety culture and some of the models that influence it.

18 Nov 2020 , 4 Min Module

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Greener schemes in pharmacy

From blister packs to PPE, the range of pharmacy items that can now be recycled is growing all the time.

12 Nov 2020 , 4 Min Article

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Patient safety: part two

Part two of patient safety considers the basic principles of the London Protocol and wider causes of patient safety incidents.

13 Oct 2020 , 4 Min Module

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Medication safety

Coroner: Mechanic bought overdose medicines without wholesale licence

National investigation launched into ‘skinny jab’ hospitalisations

Viewpoint: Moving towards a better balance

Rethinking co-drug names could prevent errors

Coroner urges pharmacy to review Easter dispensing after overdose death

Scottish nurse died after buying Mounjaro from online pharmacy

Woman died after taking medicine from husband’s ‘identical’ dosette box

‘Advance’ methadone dispensing contributed to overdose death, says coroner

Patient safety: part eight

Patient safety: part seven

Patient safety: part six

Patient safety: part five

Patient safety: part four

Patient safety: part three

Greener schemes in pharmacy

Patient safety: part two