NHS England have asked the LPC to communicate with community pharmacies with regard to a series of dispensing errors reported. Please ensure extra care when dispensing / checking Amlodipine and Amitriptyline, which seem to be the pattern of errors.
Below are 3 incidents which highlight some of the issues.
Incident 1: a prescription for Amitriptyline was dispensed as Amlodipine (10mg tablets 100)
Incident 2: Amlodipine 10mg on label 5mg dispensed
Incident 3: Label for 10mg Amlodipine put in a box of Amitriptyline
Please ensure your teams are aware of this increase in errors between Amlodpinine and Amitrptyline to help reduce errors.
Below are 3 incidents which highlight some of the issues.
Incident 1: a prescription for Amitriptyline was dispensed as Amlodipine (10mg tablets 100)
Incident 2: Amlodipine 10mg on label 5mg dispensed
Incident 3: Label for 10mg Amlodipine put in a box of Amitriptyline
Please ensure your teams are aware of this increase in errors between Amlodpinine and Amitrptyline to help reduce errors.
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