Coroner: Lloydspharmacy patient dies after using husband’s ‘identical’ dosette box

A coroner has raised concerns about the lack of “guidance” for pharmacists in a report on an elderly patient who died after taking medication from her husband’s “identical” dosette box.

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CPE was “not aware of any explicit guidance" on differentiating dosette boxes
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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