Health

#2025/1249Correction Slip

🇬🇧United Kingdom··Statutory Instrument·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

The Correction Slip Order allows pharmacists in the UK to delegate certain responsibilities to pharmacy technicians, enabling them to perform tasks that would usually require the oversight of a pharmacist. This includes taking primary responsibility for the preparation and assembly of medicinal products, specifically in hospital aseptic facilities. By empowering pharmacy technicians, the Order aims to streamline processes within the pharmacy sector and enhance efficiency in medication preparation.

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Key Changes

  • Pharmacists can authorize pharmacy technicians to perform tasks
  • Pharmacy technicians can take primary responsibility for preparation
  • Streamlines the medicinal product assembly process in hospitals

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Pharmacists must formally authorize pharmacy technicians before delegating tasks that would otherwise require pharmacist performance or supervision

Pharmacists
operational
high

Pharmacy technicians may take primary responsibility for preparation and assembly of medicinal products in hospital aseptic facilities only when authorized by a pharmacist

Pharmacy technicians
operational
high

Pharmacists must ensure that delegated tasks are only performed by authorized pharmacy technicians

Pharmacists
operational

Affected Parties

PharmacistsPharmacy technicians+1 more…

Tags

pharmacy,healthcare,medicinal products