Derbyshire Medicines Management and Clinical Policies
The Controlled Drugs regulations 2013 require that each NHS England region has a Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer.
Samantha Travis is the Controlled Drugs Accountable Officer for NHS England - East Midlands (Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Leicester, Leicestershire, Rutland & Northamptonshire).
The Accountable Officer has an obligation to record concerns regarding individual's management of controlled drugs, to assess and investigate those concerns and to take appropriate action if those concerns are well founded.
ALL health care professionals have a statutory duty to report any incidents, errors or concerns, however minor, regarding the management of Controlled Drugs.
There is a web-based controlled drug reporting tool which is being supported by NHS England and aims to make your statutory obligation to report controlled drug concerns/incidents much simpler and consistent www.cdreporting.co.uk
For general enquiries relating to controlled drugs call 01138 254717 or email england.midlandscd@nhs.net
For any other queries relating to controlled drugs management you are advised to contact Samantha Travis - Tel: 0113 8254717 or email samantha.travis@nhs.net
Samantha Travis is supported in this role by:
Diane Bloomfield, Controlled Drugs Support Officer (for Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire)
Tel: 07730 374666 or email diane.bloomfield@nhs.net
Eleanor Carnegie, Controlled Drugs Support Officer (for Shropshire & Staffordshire) Tel: 07730 376391 or email eleanor.carnegie@nhs.net
Jayne Wood, Controlled Drugs Support Administration (North Midlands) Tel: 07714 777667 or email england.northmidlandscd@nhs.net
A Memorandum of Understanding between NHS England and Integrated Care Board on the Safe Use of Controlled Drugs is in place.
You can also contact one of your ICB Pharmacy team colleagues who will also be able to help or sign post you.
For information and support around the destruction of controlled drugs please contact Phil Draycott on the following: philip.draycott@derbyshire.police.uk
For information on Prescribing Controlled Drugs for temporary patients, please see here
Controlled Drug Update
Tramadol became a schedule 3 controlled drug in June 2014. For further information see:
Tramadol: new legal classification
Controlled Drug Newsletters:
Controlled Drug Care Home Newsletters:
| 2021 |
| December 2021 |
