{"id":48,"date":"2024-05-15T14:27:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T13:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lanarkshire\/nhs-borders\/controlled-drugs-guidance\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T15:46:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T15:46:24","slug":"controlled-drugs-guidance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lanarkshire\/pages\/controlled-drugs-guidance\/","title":{"rendered":"Controlled Drugs Guidance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you are reporting an&nbsp;incident\/concern relating to controlled drugs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;NHS Scotland CD&nbsp;incident Reporting&nbsp;Form is available&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lanarkshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/Template-for-Reporting-CD-Incidents.doc\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lanarkshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/Template-for-Reporting-CD-Incidents.doc\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;completed&nbsp;form should be&nbsp;forwarded to&nbsp;the&nbsp;CD Governance email address:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:cdgt@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk\">cdgt@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;subject of&nbsp;the&nbsp;email should be \u2013&nbsp;\u2018CD&nbsp;Incident&nbsp;Form\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you are submitting a request&nbsp;for&nbsp;a CD destruction visit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;CD destruction request&nbsp;form is&nbsp;available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lanarkshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/Final-Destruction-Form-Lanarkshire.docx\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/nhs-lanarkshire\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/Final-Destruction-Form-Lanarkshire.docx\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sections A and B of&nbsp;the&nbsp;form should be completed and sent to&nbsp;the&nbsp;CD Governance email address:&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:cdgt@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk\">cdgt@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;subject of&nbsp;the&nbsp;email should be &#8211;&nbsp;\u2018CD Destruction&nbsp;Form&nbsp;along with&nbsp;your&nbsp;pharmacy name\u2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once&nbsp;the&nbsp;returns&nbsp;form is received and approved an Authorised Witness will be&nbsp;in&nbsp;touch to arrange a suitable appointment date.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pharmacy multiples who have an approved Authorised Witness should contact&nbsp;your&nbsp;local company Authorised Witness to attend to complete a destruction visit and&nbsp;the&nbsp;request&nbsp;should not&nbsp;be sent to&nbsp;the&nbsp;CD Governance email.&nbsp;<br><br><strong>Please note:&nbsp;<\/strong>We aim to attend to CD destruction requests within 12 weeks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In advance of the appointment, the person who is responsible for CDs should<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ensure that all items are recorded&nbsp;in&nbsp;an appropriate CD register.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check that balances are correct 48 hours before appointment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ensure&nbsp;there are no unresolved discrepancies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a member of staff available for the duration of the appointment as you\/ your staff are required to do the actual destruction; the Authorised Witness attends to witness the destruction only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Disposal of Patient Returned CDs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Patient returned\u2019 CDs are those that have been prescribed&nbsp;for&nbsp;and dispensed to a named patient, and&nbsp;then returned unused or part used&nbsp;for&nbsp;destruction.&nbsp;There is no legal requirement&nbsp;for&nbsp;\u2018patient returned\u2019 CDs of any schedule to be destroyed&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;presence of an Authorised Witness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For&nbsp;any other enquiries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A member of&nbsp;the&nbsp;CD Governance&nbsp;Team&nbsp;will contact you as soon as possible.&nbsp;<br><br><strong>Please note:<\/strong> This mailbox is not manned daily, however, we aim to respond to queries within 10 working days.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/documents\/nhs_boards\/lanarkshire\/Tramadol_FAQs_260514.pdf\">Tramadol FAQs<\/a>\u00a0(May 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.communitypharmacy.scot.nhs.uk\/documents\/nhs_boards\/lanarkshire\/NHS_Lanarkshire_Updated_Guidelines_for_Supervised_Consumption_of_OST_%20in_Pharmacies_Jan14_%20final.pdf\">Guidelines for Supervised Consumption of Opioid Substitute Treatments in Pharmacies<\/a>&nbsp;(Updated January 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knowledge.scot.nhs.uk\/accountableofficers\/resources.aspx\">Accountable Officers Network Scotland Resource page on Knowledge network<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">If you are reporting an&nbsp;incident\/concern relating to controlled drugs The&nbsp;NHS Scotland CD&nbsp;incident Reporting&nbsp;Form is available&nbsp;here. 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