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The Duthie Report
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In 1988, the Joint Sub-Committee of the Standing Medical, Nursing and Midwifery and Pharmaceutical Advisory Committees published a report entitled 'Guidelines for the Safe and Secure Handling of Medicines: A Report to the Secretary of State for Social Services'. The Sub-Committee was chaired by Professor Robert Duthie. It was set up following advice from the ACMD that current guidelines on the security of controlled drugs in hospitals should be updated and consolidated. |
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The Sub-Committee's Report, known as the Duthie Report, suggested guidelines for the procedures governing controlled drugs in the hospital sector. They were adopted and are still in use today. Their premise is that the need for the 'three Rs' (reconciliation, record keeping and responsibility) applies to controlled drugs as it applies to all medicines. It seems to me that the 'three Rs' are very sound principles on which to base the rules and systems which should govern the use of controlled drugs in the community as well as in hospitals. |
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Amendment of the Misuse of Drugs Regulations between 1973 and 2001
