The legal view: The Pharmacy First service and professional liability

Noel Wardle outlines the potential risks for community pharmacists looking to provide the Pharmacy First service in England

Noel Wardle: Pharmacists should approach the provision of any new service with care

In terms of the general law around liability, there are three parts to the law on negligence where a person is injured as a result of another person's actions. These are that the individual owed a duty of care to the injured person, the individual breached that duty of care, and the breach caused the injury.

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