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WEI NESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1990

ALL 32 HAD TAKEN UP EMPLOYMENT, AND 28 HAD COMPLETED SUPERVISION AFTER THEIR STAY IN THE HALF-WAY HOUSE AND WERE NOW LIVING WITH IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS.

OR

"HERE AGAIN THERE HAVE BEEN NO SIGNS OF TRANSGRESSION RETROGRESSION AND THEIR RESPONSES TOWARDS SUPERVISION AND COUNSELLING HAVE GENERALLY BEEN FAVOURABLE, RECEPTIVE AND POSITIVE, HE ADDED.

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GOOD PROGRESS IN LABELLING DISPENSED MEDICINES

GOOD

THE

VERY ENCOURAGING PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN PROMOTING THE PRACTICE OF LABELLING DISPENSED MEDICINES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, THE HON ELIZABETH WONG, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

CHOW, MRS WONG

SAID

REPLYING A QUESTION FROM THE HON RONALD THAT LABELLING OF DISPENSED MEDICINES WAS NOW BEING CARRIED OUT IN 11 GOVERNMENT AND SUBVENTED HOSPITALS AND SIX PRIVATE HOSPITALS.

"PLANS ARE IN HAND TO EXTEND THIS PRACTICE TO OTHER GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS AND CLINICS WHEN RESOURCES PERMIT.

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'ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO ACCURATE INFORMATION ON THE EXTENT OF LABELLING PRACTISED IN PRIVATE CLINICS, THIS PRACTICE HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS," SHE SAID.

MRS WONG SAID SHE TOOK THE PHARMACY AND POISONS BOARD'S PROFESSIONAL ADVICE THAT EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL CO-OPERATION REMAINED THE MOST PRACTICAL APPROACH TO PROMOTE THE PRACTICE OF LABELLING DISPENSED MEDICINES.

"HOWEVER, THE NEED AND APPROPRIATENESS OF INTRODUCING SHE SAID. MANDATORY LABELLING REQUIREMENTS WILL BE KEPT UNDER REVIEW,

MRS WONG SAID THE BENEFITS OF LABELLING DISPENSED WERE WELL RECOGNISED.

SHE EXPLAINED THE QUESTION OF WHETHER ALL DISPENSED SHOULD BE MADE SUBJECT TO MANDATORY LABELLING REQUIREMENTS CONSIDERED BY THE PHARMACY AND POISONS BOARD IN 1987.

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MEDICINES

MEDICINES

WAS FIRST

LLI THE BOARD RESOLVED THAT HAVING REGARD TO THE CONSIDERABLE RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTORY LABELLING BY

THE

то NEED HOSPITALS AND CLINICS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND

PROVIDE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO ACCOMMODATE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH THERE ARE GOOD REASONS FOR NOT LABELLING THE DRUGS DISPENSED, PROPER LABELLING SHOULD FOR THE TIME BEING BE PROMOTED AS A VOLUNTARY PRACTICE.

/"THE BOARD

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