Controlled Drugs

Please go to the website www.cdreporting.co.uk for;

  • Reporting of CD related incidents to the NHS England East of England CDAO. This includes: prescribing errors, dispensing errors, balance discrepancies, lost medication, lost prescriptions and fraudulent attempts to obtain CDs.
  • Requests for Authorised Witnesses for CD Destructions

CD Accountable Officer – CDAO is Jane Newman, contact e-mail: england.ea-cdao@nhs.net

Private dispensing account number retrieval

For information – Community pharmacies can check for their private controlled drugs dispensing account number via the NHSBSA website

Use guest access, then +Report > Common info reports > organisation data > contractor details > then download the most recent months data.
The ‘private’ column in the sheet indicates whether that row is a private code or not.

  • Technical Help desk support – is available to support with technical queries or issues with the website.  The team can be contacted on 0113 825 5238, via email on cdreportingtechnicalhelpdesk@nhs.net or through the message system on the website.
  • Contacts – The information for the Regional Controlled Drug Accountable Officer’s and their teams will be available.