The Pharmacy (Preparation and Dispensing Errors – Registered Pharmacies) Order 2018
This Order includes new defences relating to preparation errors and dispensing errors by registered pharmacists and registered pharmacy technicians, or persons supervised by them, at retail pharmacy premises. Retail pharmacy premises in the United Kingdom have to be registered by either the General Pharmaceutical Council or the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland – by virtue of provisions of Part 4 of the Medicines Act 1968. Pharmacy technicians are not statutorily registered in Northern Ireland, and so, as regards Northern Ireland, the new defences only apply to preparation errors and dispensing errors by registered pharmacists and persons supervised by them.