Locum warned after dispensing error in ‘staffing crisis’ leads to patient death

A locum responsible pharmacist has been issued a warning after a patient died when he dispensed the wrong strength of oxycodone during a staffing crunch, the regulator has revealed.

Mr Patel said his failure to check the prescription was “something that haunts me to this day”
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