The Health Act 2006 requires all healthcare organisations, which are described as ‘controlled drug designated bodies’, to appoint an accountable officer.
The accountable officer
The Health Act 2006
requires all healthcare organisations, which are described as ‘controlled drug
designated bodies’, to appoint an accountable officer. This includes NHS
organisations, including primary care trusts and foundation trusts, as well as
independent hospitals that are registered with the Care Quality Commission
under relevant service user categories.
Accountable officers
must be senior executives in the organisation with professional credibility and
sufficient seniority to enable them to take action regardless of how a concern
about CDs is raised. They should not be per-sonally involved in the routine
prescribing, supply, administration or disposal of CDs. Hospital accountable
officers are most frequently a chief pharmacist, chief nurse or medical
director.
The accountable
officer in each healthcare and social care organisation must ensure the safe
management of CDs at a local level. There are a number of specific aspects they
have to oversee in order to do this:
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