Only two hours' absence to be allowed

摘要

A responsible pharmacist will in future be allowed to be away from the pharmacy for up to two hours in every 24 — an hour less than the Government had originally proposed, the Department of Health confirmed this week. The announcement is one of the few firm decisions made by the DoH following its consultation on proposals for new regulations that will govern how pharmacies, both those in the community and registered hospital pharmacies, will be run in future. The regulations at the centre of the consultation are linked to changes in personal control of a pharmacy laid down in the Medicines Act 1968, which is being replaced by the Health Act 2006.