Drugs put in skip by ‘lazy’ shop assistant

Drugs put in skip by lazy shop assistant

9:00am Saturday 1st December 2012 in News

DRUGS which had belonged to a dead person were dumped in a skip by a lazy member of staff.

The pills were spotted by a member of the public outside Halliwell Late Night Pharmacy, in Halliwell Road.

It was reported to NHS Boltons Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS).

It is believed a bereaved relative took the pills, which were in a medicine dispensing tray and pharmacy bags, to the pharmacy to dispose of after being advised this was the correct way to get rid of them.

But instead of disposing of the prescription drugs correctly, a female member of staff put the drugs in a black bin bag and dumped them in a skip outside the shop.

A spokesman from the pharmacy said the medicines had been correctly disposed of the next morning when staff arrived at work. He added the employee had been disciplined.

The spokesman added: I think she was just being lazy.

We are a late pharmacy and we had a locum pharmacist here and it was missed by him. The staff were reprimanded at the time and disciplined because it was against our standards and procedures.

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