National vacancy for Professional Officer
Pharmaceutical Defence Limited (PDL) is a member owned organisation supporting around 30,000 pharmacist members and the pharmacy profession. The leading risk advisors to the profession, PDL’s incident support service is dedicated to members around the clock, for confidential, expert advice. The professional indemnity policy for pharmacists provided by PDL covers everything in the scope of […]
Private fentanyl and other opioid prescriptions
PDL would like to remind pharmacists that ALL private prescriptions presented for potent opioids should be treated with high suspicion. Prescriptions for high-dose fentanyl patches and oxycodone tablets make up more than 50% of forgeries reported. Despite ongoing warnings from the regulators and PDL, reports of pharmacists dispensing multiple supplies for these medicines continue to be received, which is of great […]
