Relevant organisations
This page contains links to other organisations whose work is of relevance to the safe management of controlled drugs.
Association of Chief Police Officers
www.acpo.police.uk (opens new window)
Association of Police Controlled Drugs Liaison Officers
www.apcdlo.org.uk (opens new window)
British Medical Association
www.bma.org.uk (opens new window)
Commission for Social Care Inspection
www.csci.org.uk (opens new window)
Company Chemists Association
www.thecca.org.uk (opens new window)
Counter Fraud and Security Management Service (CFSMS)
www.cfsms.nhs.uk (opens new window)
Department for Environment and Rural Affairs
www.defra.gov.uk (opens new window)
Department of Health
www.dh.gov.uk (opens new window)
Department of Health - Controlled drugs (opens new window)
Dispensing Doctor’s Association
www.dispensingdoctor.org (opens new window)
General Dental Council
www.gdc-uk.org (opens new window)
General Medical Council
www.gmc-uk.org (opens new window)
The Home Office
www.homeoffice.gov.uk (opens new window)
Health Professions Council
www.hpc-uk.org (opens new window)
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
www.mhra.gov.uk (opens new window)
National Patient Safety Agency
www.npsa.nhs.uk (opens new window)
National Prescribing Centre
www.npc.co.uk (opens new window)
Changes in handwriting requirements (opens new window)
A guide to good practice in the management of controlled drugs in primary care (opens new window)
National Treatment Agency for substance misuse
www.nta.nhs.uk (opens new window)
NHS Business Services Authority Prescription Pricing Division
www.ppa.org.uk (opens new window)
Safer management of controlled drugs guidance document (opens new window)
NHS Direct
www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk (opens new window)
Nursing and Midwifery Council
www.nmc-uk.org (opens new window)
Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee
www.psnc.org.uk (opens new window)
Controlled drugs - Important changes (opens new window)
PSNC Community Pharmacy News (opens new window)
Royal College of General Practitioners
www.rcgp.org.uk (opens new window)
Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
www.rpsgb.org.uk (opens new window)
Controlled Drugs (opens new window)
Guidance on the proposed changes to controlled drugs management (opens new window)
Monitoring and inspection of Controlled Drugs: role of the Society's inspectors (opens new window)
The Society's inspectorate (opens new window)
The Shipman inquiry
www.the-shipman-inquiry.org.uk (opens new window)
The fourth report – The regulation of controlled drugs in the community (opens new window)
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