FALSIFIED MEDICINES DIRECTIVE

That this House notes that all pharmacies in the UK have until 9 February 2019 to implement the Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) Delegate Regulation; condemns the Government's failure to adequately prepare pharmacies for the implementation of the directive; recognises the financial implications of this directive on small independent pharmacies; further notes that according to the software supplier FMD IT, only 1 per cent of the community pharmacies it has worked with to install the necessary software are independents; and calls on the Government to raise awareness of the obligations on pharmacies from the FMD and provide financial support for independent pharmacies that cannot meet the cost.