The Controlled Drugs (Supervision of Management and Use) (Wales) Regulations 2008

Accountable officers to ensure monitoring and auditing of the management and use of controlled drugs by designated bodies etc. E+W

11.—(1) An accountable officer must——

(a) establish and operate, or ensure that his or her designated body establishes and operates, appropriate arrangements for monitoring and auditing the designated body’s management and use of controlled drugs; and

(b) ensure that a body or person acting on behalf of, or providing services under arrangements made with, his or designated body establishes and operates appropriate arrangements for monitoring and auditing the person or body’s management and use of controlled drugs (that is, their management and use of controlled drugs under their arrangements with the designated body, not under any other arrangements).

(2) Those arrangements must, in particular, provide for the following—

(a) monitoring and analysing health service and private prescribing of controlled drugs through the use of data relating to the prescribing and dispensing of prescriptions in Wales available from Health Solutions Wales.

(b) ensuring that the designated body (and any body or person acting on behalf of, or providing services under arrangements made with, the designated body) has systems in place to alert the accountable officer of any complaints or concerns involving the management or use of controlled drugs;

(c) ensuring that the designated body (and any body or person acting on behalf of, or providing services under arrangements made with, the designated body) has an incident reporting system in place for untoward incidents involving the management or use of controlled drugs; and

(d) ensuring that the designated body (and any body or person acting on behalf of, or providing services under arrangements made with, the designated body) has appropriate arrangements in place for analysing and responding to untoward incidents involving the management or use of controlled drugs.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 11 in force at 9.1.2009, see reg. 1(2)