MEP Retention Dates

Question 1

Private CD prescriptions - Legal

Answer 1

Send to NHSBSA

Question 2

CD prescriptions for NHS patients
(incl out-patient and TTA / TTO
and those for patients treated
under any NHS-commissioned
care service)

Legal

Answer 2

2 years

Question 3

CD ward orders or requisitions

Legal

Answer 3

2 years for CD 2 and 3

Question 4

Record of the destruction of patient’s
own CDs

Good practice

Answer 4

7 years

Question 5

Invoices

Legal

Answer 5

6 years but 2 years for CD-3 and CD-5

Question 6

Dispensing error records/incidents
& associated stats (not serious
incidents)

Audit

Answer 6

10 yrs for minor harm
incidents, 1 yr plus
current for no harm
incidents

Question 7

Dispensing incidents resulting in
disability or death (serious
incidents)

Legal

Answer 7

20 years

Question 8

Recall documentation

Audit

Answer 8

5 years

Question 9

Fridge temperature

Audit

Answer 9

1 yr or longer for sites
holding a Wholesale
Dealers Licence

Question 10

Destruction of patients’ own drugs
(excluding controlled drugs)

Audit

Answer 10

6 months

Question 11

Waste - Non-hazardous Transfer
notes

Legal

Answer 11

2 years

Question 12

Waste - hazardous Consignment

notes

Answer 12

3 years

Question 13

Patient Medical Record (Patient
Medication Record)

Legal

Answer 13

For 10 yrs after the death

of the patient

Question 14

POM register

Legal

Answer 14

2 years from last entry

Question 15

POM-V & POM-VPS records of
receipt and supply

Legal

Answer 15

At least 5 years