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Pharmacist issued warning after baby ‘tragically’ overdosed on morphine

 
• By Kate Bowie

A pharmacist has been issued a warning by the regulator after a baby in palliative care was accidentally administered 20 times the correct amount of morphine. 

The errors “occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic…in a pressured environment”
Kate Bowie

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Kate Bowie joined C+D as a digital reporter in August 2023 after graduating from a master’s in journalism at City, University of London. She began covering the primary care beat at the end of 2022, when she carried out several health investigations focused on staffing issues, NHS funding and health inequalities.

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