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Select Committee Documents |
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Wednesday 22nd May 2024
Oral Evidence - Police Pensions Q&A Facebook Group, XPS Administration, National Police Chiefs' Council, Police Federation of England and Wales, University of Cambridge, and National Police Wellbeing Service Home Affairs Committee Found: into sentencing as well, where we do not feel as though that is being treated in the spirit of the Assaults |
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Pharmacy: Security
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central) Thursday 21st March 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the levels of security in community pharmacies to ensure (a) staff and (b) public safety. Answered by Andrea Leadsom The data related to crime, including assault and theft, in community pharmacies is not held by the Department but could be obtained from individual police departments through Freedom of Information requests. These are matters for the police and criminal justice system. Community pharmacy staff are considered emergency workers under the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 which provides for increased sentencing powers. Community pharmacies are private businesses that are commissioned to provide National Health Service pharmaceutical services and are legally responsible for the health and safety of their staff. Pharmacies are by law required to keep controlled drugs, those most likely to be abused or that pose a risk of diversion from a legal supply route, in a locked safe, cabinet or room which is constructed to prevent unauthorised access to the drugs. |
Pharmacy: Theft
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central) Thursday 21st March 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an estimate of the amount of medication that has been stolen from community pharmacies in the last year. Answered by Andrea Leadsom The data related to crime, including assault and theft, in community pharmacies is not held by the Department but could be obtained from individual police departments through Freedom of Information requests. These are matters for the police and criminal justice system. Community pharmacy staff are considered emergency workers under the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 which provides for increased sentencing powers. Community pharmacies are private businesses that are commissioned to provide National Health Service pharmaceutical services and are legally responsible for the health and safety of their staff. Pharmacies are by law required to keep controlled drugs, those most likely to be abused or that pose a risk of diversion from a legal supply route, in a locked safe, cabinet or room which is constructed to prevent unauthorised access to the drugs. |
Pharmacy: Security
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central) Thursday 21st March 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has taken recent steps to ensure that there is increased security for medicines within community pharmacies. Answered by Andrea Leadsom The data related to crime, including assault and theft, in community pharmacies is not held by the Department but could be obtained from individual police departments through Freedom of Information requests. These are matters for the police and criminal justice system. Community pharmacy staff are considered emergency workers under the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 which provides for increased sentencing powers. Community pharmacies are private businesses that are commissioned to provide National Health Service pharmaceutical services and are legally responsible for the health and safety of their staff. Pharmacies are by law required to keep controlled drugs, those most likely to be abused or that pose a risk of diversion from a legal supply route, in a locked safe, cabinet or room which is constructed to prevent unauthorised access to the drugs. |
Pharmacy: Crimes of Violence
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central) Thursday 21st March 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many incidences of assault have been committed against community pharmacy staff in the last year. Answered by Andrea Leadsom The data related to crime, including assault and theft, in community pharmacies is not held by the Department but could be obtained from individual police departments through Freedom of Information requests. These are matters for the police and criminal justice system. Community pharmacy staff are considered emergency workers under the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 which provides for increased sentencing powers. Community pharmacies are private businesses that are commissioned to provide National Health Service pharmaceutical services and are legally responsible for the health and safety of their staff. Pharmacies are by law required to keep controlled drugs, those most likely to be abused or that pose a risk of diversion from a legal supply route, in a locked safe, cabinet or room which is constructed to prevent unauthorised access to the drugs. |
Pharmacy: Safety
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central) Thursday 21st March 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the safety of community pharmacies. Answered by Andrea Leadsom The data related to crime, including assault and theft, in community pharmacies is not held by the Department but could be obtained from individual police departments through Freedom of Information requests. These are matters for the police and criminal justice system. Community pharmacy staff are considered emergency workers under the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 which provides for increased sentencing powers. Community pharmacies are private businesses that are commissioned to provide National Health Service pharmaceutical services and are legally responsible for the health and safety of their staff. Pharmacies are by law required to keep controlled drugs, those most likely to be abused or that pose a risk of diversion from a legal supply route, in a locked safe, cabinet or room which is constructed to prevent unauthorised access to the drugs. |
Department Publications - Statistics |
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Thursday 16th May 2024
Ministry of Justice Source Page: Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2023 Document: (PDF) Found: (Amendment) Order 2014 • The Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 • Domestic Abuse Act |
Tuesday 19th March 2024
Ministry of Justice Source Page: Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: June 2023 Document: A Technical Guide to Criminal Justice Statistics (PDF) Found: (Amendment) Order 2014 • The Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 The Powers of Criminal |