Enforce Order 2016 and hold pharmacy owners to account for prescription errors.

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

The motivation to start this petition is after BBC coverage: Boots pharmacists raise staffing concerns; Boots Pharmacist under Pressure? ‘Frazzled’ Boots pharmacist mixed up patient’s pills.

Pharmacists describe a toxic work culture and fear of reprisal, this has compromised patient safety.

The documentary ‘Pharmacist under pressure?’ highlighted three fatal cases. The serious case review reported a failure of individual pharmacists as a direct cause of the avoidable errors in drug dispensation. Only in one case were the owners of the premise held accountable (vicarious liability). Pharmacists must be provided with the minimum time and resources to prevent these errors. Order 2016 will improve patient safety by holding pharmacy owners to account and not just scapegoat individuals.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

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Timeline

28 Jan 2018	Petition opened for signatures
2 Feb 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 2 Feb 2018

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