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Claire RICHARDS · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Issued 23 Nov 2020•County Durham and Darlington

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Concerns
2

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Recipients
2

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Responses found
1

Of 2 recipients

Stated actions
0

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Concerns and recipient responses

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Concerns raised2

  1. Availability of prescription drugs in vast quantities for illegal dealing to vulnerable people
    Part of recurring concern: Medication quantity controls failing to prevent unsafe access to excessive amounts
  2. Failure to prevent prescription medication leakage from the lawful dispensing process into criminal hands
    Part of recurring concern: Failure to secure and control medication
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  1. Position

    PHE and ACMD are the appropriate bodies to address concerns about prescription-drug misuse and medicine availability.

    Stated by Royal Pharmaceutical SocietyRedirects responsibilityThe respondent said that another organisation was responsible for deciding or taking action.

Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

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Availability of prescription drugs in vast quantities for illegal dealing to vulnerable people

Wider context from the report

“(1) This case involves a death resulting from illegally dealt prescription drugs. It is of increasing concern that prescription drugs are available in vast quantities for illegal dealing to vulnerable people. ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Medication quantity controls failing to prevent unsafe access to excessive amounts.

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Source evidence

How this individual concern was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. Response links show a clear evidence connection; they do not assign responsibility.

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Failure to prevent prescription medication leakage from the lawful dispensing process into criminal hands

Wider context from the report

“(1) This case involves a death resulting from illegally dealt prescription drugs. It is of increasing concern that prescription drugs are available in vast quantities for illegal dealing to vulnerable people. (2) What steps are projected, or are actually in the pipe line, for stemming the leakage of prescription medication out of the lawful dispensing process into criminal hands? ”

Is this part of a recurring concern?

Yes — Failure to secure and control medication.

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Source evidence

How this respondent position was interpreted

PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the published response wording shown below.

PFD Monitor interpretation

PHE and ACMD are the appropriate bodies to address concerns about prescription-drug misuse and medicine availability.

Verbatim wording from the response

“The report outlined matters of concern including the availability of prescription medicines to vulnerable people illegally, or outside of the healthcare system and controls on availability. For this reason we believe it would be appropriate for Public Health England (PHE) and the Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), who both have roles around the misuse of drugs to be aware of this report.”

Source location

2020-0253-Response-from-Royal-Pharmaceutical-Society-Redacted.pdf
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Published 29 December 2020

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