Controlled Drugs Incidents and Reporting

Reporting of all CD incidents and concerns

The CD Reporting website changed on Thursday 1 December 2022 and from this date there are several changes.  Reporters will need to register the first time they use the new Controlled Drug Reporting website. Once they have gone through the registration process, they will have access to reports previously submitted. For more information see article in 1st December 2022 newsletter here. 

All CD incidents, irregularities with the dispensing or prescribing of controlled drugs, concerns must be reported. This includes instances where pharmacists are concerned at levels of CD prescribing.

CD incidents must be reported via the online reporting tool at www.cdreporting.co.uk . Please remember to register via the web link if you have not done so already.

Tutorial videos are available at www.cdreporting.co.uk/ tutorials/

Destruction of expired Schedule 2 controlled drugs

Expired pharmacy CD stocks must be destroyed and witnessed by a person authorised by the CDAO (unless your pharmacy is part of a multiple chain, who can authorise their own witnesses). To arrange for an authorised witness for the destruction of expired Schedule 2 controlled drugs, please use the online CD reporting tool.

Reminders for CD destruction requests will not be sent through the post. It will be up to individual contractors to manage the safe storage of their out of date or damaged stock CDs and to request a destruction visit when appropriate.

Please note that you do not require an authorised witness to destroy patient-returned CDs, but receipt should be recorded in a separate register (not the Controlled Drugs register) and destruction should be witnessed by another member of staff familiar with CDs (preferably a registered health professional).

Queries

If you have any queries, please contact the NHSE & NHSI Midlands (Central) CD Team:

• England.centralmidlands-cd@nhs.net
• Tel. 0773 038 1109 /0773 038 1119

CD Accountable Officer Newsletters

Midlands CD Newsletter Summer 2024 

Midlands CD Newsletter Spring 2023

Midlands CD Newsletter Winter 2023

Midlands CD Newsletter Autumn-Winter 2022

The CQC’s CD Annual Report Update for 2023 is now available  https://www.cqc.org.uk/publications/controlled-drugs

Controlled Drugs Liaison Officer, James Stevens

My name is PC 1906 James Stevens of the Leicestershire Police and I’m your new Controlled Drugs Liaison Officer (CDLO) covering the areas of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

A bit about me, I have been a police officer since 2002 and have worked on various teams including frontline response, covert teams, drug teams (illegal not controlled!), public order teams, neighbourhood teams, investigations and managing high risk and high profile offenders who have committed an array of offences from car crime, to murderers and sex offenders, and everything in between as well as just coming off a 5 year stint in the Youth Offending Teams.

My aim is to be accessible to you all in keeping the management of controlled drugs safe and secure and preventing any potential offences, through sharing information and working together.

I can also assist with inspecting pharmacies, CD cabinets, CD registers and everyone’s favourite…. destructions

Please feel free to contact me via e-mail if required if you have any issues or questions – james.stevens@leics.police.uk