Care Quality Commission annual report on the safer management of controlled drugs

The Chief Pharmaceutical Officer (CPhO), Dr Keith Ridge, has written to Chief executives and SHA pharmacy/prescribing leads highlighting the publication of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) 2011 annual report on the safer management of controlled drugs, and the report’s recommendations. The CQC report describes the continuing work to improve the safer management of controlled drugs, how changes in healthcare legislation are affecting arrangements for safer management of controlled drugs and the progress made on recommendations from the 2010 report.