Learning from Gosport

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Learning from Gosport

The General Pharmaceutical Council, Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Association of Pharmacy Technicians in the UK have joined together to publish a reflection and learning resource to support everyone across the pharmacy to learn the lessons from the Gosport Independent Panel report.

The report, published in June 2018, found that at least 450 patients died having been inappropriately prescribed opioids between 1989 and 2000. This continued despite a number of the nursing staff having raised concerns about the care being provided. The report found no evidence that pharmacists in the hospital raised concerns.

To support further reflection and learning, the GPhC, RPS and APTUK are calling on pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy owners in all sectors to share and discuss the presentation which:

  • Brings together the key pharmacy themes from the Gosport Independent Panel report
  • Looks at current pharmacy practice and how things have changed
  • Recaps on the expectations on pharmacy professionals (pharmacists and pharmacy technicians) and systems
  • Highlights key resources and other materials

 

The joint statement can be viewed in full here.

The learning resource to support dissemination of the learning themes and outcomes can be found here.

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