Vast majority of UK pharmacists call for original pack dispensing for drugs

2 February 2010

The unified voice of almost 4,000 pharmacists has given the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain a powerful mandate for action when they gave their views in a survey on dispensing medicines to patients in original packs. The Society's English Pharmacy Board (EPB) kicked off the national call for original pack dispensing at the end of last year in a bid to improve medicines safety for patients and to reduce medicines waste.

Survey results released today to gauge the feeling amongst the profession show that pharmacists are strongly behind this initiative, with 65% saying that snipping packs to supply the right amount was a significant problem. Currently community pharmacists frequently dispense medicines from manufacturers' original packs when the pack size does not correspond to the prescribed quantity.

Additional PILs also a problem

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