CD register

[Ray]

hey pharmacists
could you please help me with this simple question. do we have to to make a CD register for each seperate instalment of Schedule 2 CD Rx.
cheers

[Ray]

another questions:
2-under any circumstances, can pharmacists re-dispense returned medicines in good conditions?
3- The mother of a 14 year old girl enters your pharmacy and demands to know how long her daughter has been taking contraceptive pills she has just found in her room. we can refuse to provide information, or we can not?

thanks

[Zoggite]

1. Yes, each instalment of a sched 2 Cd requires its own separate entry in the CD register.
2. No, there are no circumstances under which Phcists can re-dispense returned meds, no matter what state they're in (the meds, not the phcists!)
3.Yes, we can refuse to provide the information. If the 14-year-old is deemed to be "Fraser-competent", she is entitled to patient confidentiality even from her mother. See the landmark "Gillick versus West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority" 1986 ruling.

[Ray]

thank you Zoggite
more questions might pop up while revising for exams.
cheers

[Jeff]

Originally Posted by Ray

2-under any circumstances, can pharmacists re-dispense returned medicines in good conditions?

Legally no - ethically perhaps.

Scenario

There's a national shortage of heroin.

You have some heroin amps returned unopened sitting in the CD cupboard awaiting destruction.

It's a late night pharmacy and an urgent script for heroin amps.

Justify refusing to dispense.

Jeff

[admin]

Originally Posted by Ray

another questions:

1-could you please help me with this simple question. do we have to to make a CD register for each seperate instalment of Schedule 2 CD Rx.
2-under any circumstances, can pharmacists re-dispense returned medicines in good conditions?
3- The mother of a 14 year old girl enters your pharmacy and demands to know how long her daughter has been taking contraceptive pills she has just found in her room. we can refuse to provide information, or we can not?

thanks

Hi Ray, and welcome

Whilst I sympathise with Jeff to some extent, the legal matters are: -

1. Yes - section for each drug
2. No, not ever
3. No - it's confidential patient information, as long as she has the ability to understand what's been said to her

Hope this helps a little...

[admin]

Originally Posted by Jeff

Legally no - ethically perhaps.

Scenario

There's a national shortage of heroin.

You have some heroin amps returned unopened sitting in the CD cupboard awaiting destruction.

It's a late night pharmacy and an urgent script for heroin amps.

Justify refusing to dispense.

Jeff

That's easy - I don't want the society banging down my door!

[Jeff]

Originally Posted by admin

That's easy - I don't want the society banging down my door!

Jobsworth ;-)

It's why our Society fails us.

Jeff

[admin]

Originally Posted by Jeff

Jobsworth ;-)

It's why our Society fails us.

Jeff

I know, I just have this overwhelming self preservation thing!

[Titch]

Originally Posted by Jeff

Legally no - ethically perhaps.

Scenario

There's a national shortage of heroin.

You have some heroin amps returned unopened sitting in the CD cupboard awaiting destruction.

It's a late night pharmacy and an urgent script for heroin amps.

Justify refusing to dispense.

Jeff

You'd have to question the logic of a GP issuing a script for heroin amps during a national shortage!!

Couldn't dispense in good conscience in case they hadn't been stored properly prior to return - esp for something that is going to be injected.

Just playing Devils Advocate