Cat C Medical Kits - Supply of - Regulations

[Talulah]

Life-Saving Appliances - Category C Medical Kits - Wholesale Distribution Authorisation - Wholesale
Dealers Licence

https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...ution-authorisation-wholesale-dealers-licence

Reading the above it appears to me that Cat C Medical Kits are about to disappear off our shelves.
I just can't see any Chandlers going through the Licensing process and paying the setup plus annual costs.

This strikes me as bordering on the ridiculous.

 

[prv]

I imagine we'll still be able to order them online from specialist suppliers; the place I bought mine from sells all kinds of medical stuff so presumably has to deal with a fair bit of red tape already. But chandlers could well stop bothering, and prices might go up.

All seems pretty bloody daft for a packet of paracetamol and some sea-sick pills.

Pete

 

[BlueSkyNick]

Life-Saving Appliances - Category C Medical Kits - Wholesale Distribution Authorisation - Wholesale
Dealers Licence

https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...ution-authorisation-wholesale-dealers-licence

Reading the above it appears to me that Cat C Medical Kits are about to disappear off our shelves.
I just can't see any Chandlers going through the Licensing process and paying the setup plus annual costs.

This strikes me as bordering on the ridiculous.

As I read it, the wholesalers and other safety equipment supply companies, such as Ocean Safety, have to get the Licence, not retailers such as independent chandlers. But I could be wrong!

 

[prv]

As I read it, the wholesalers and other safety equipment supply companies, such as Ocean Safety, have to get the Licence, not retailers such as independent chandlers. But I could be wrong!

I think you are. Wholesale in this case means "supply other than to the person taking the medicines", nothing to do with retail versus wholesale in the normal sense. Force 4 (say) is selling me the seasick pills so that I can (potentially) give them to someone else on my boat (I rarely get seasick). The MCA clearly agree that it "includes chandleries and any marine company servicing or supplying survival craft containing Category C medical kits" - perhaps I want to buy a liferaft from Force 4 at the same time.

Extending a regulation on drug supplies to effectively also cover inflatable liferafts seems pretty bonkers, but that's what the MCA believe it means.

Pete

 

[Burnham Bob]

when i had my liferaft serviced, i was told they could not replace the seasickness tablets due to new regulations.....i had to buy some over the counter at Boots.......much as I dislike UKIP you think maybe they could have a point...........

 

[Bru]

It looks about as onerous and costly, possibly less so on both counts, as obtaining an alcohol off licence?

Actually less so thinking about it cos nobody has to get a Personal Licence in order to be the designated competent person

Might put the smaller independents off but I doubt it'll be a major problem for the big chains unless I'm missing something in the documentation

 

[nigelmercier]

... All seems pretty bloody daft for a packet of paracetamol and some sea-sick pills.

It's a bit more than that: http://www.rya.org.uk/SiteCollectio...s/Shorebased/TRA Category C First Aid Kit.pdf

However, I already have much better treatments in my DIY kit.

 

[prv]

It's a bit more than that: http://www.rya.org.uk/SiteCollectio...s/Shorebased/TRA Category C First Aid Kit.pdf

Not much more - I missed out the angina spray, and I admit I forgot the diarrhoea tablets entirely, but that's it. The "Skin Medicines" section is actually just a handful of antiseptic wipes, the kind you get even in a really basic kit where liability rules say you can't have any drugs whatsoever.

Pete

 

[oldbilbo]

So what do I do now with my injectable morphine stuff.....

 

[BlueSkyNick]

So what do I do now with my injectable morphine stuff.....

To coin a phrase, you can shove it up your ass !

 

[nigelmercier]

Not much more - I missed out the angina spray, and I admit I forgot the diarrhoea tablets entirely, but that's it...

Sorry, I wasn't criticising, I should have said "It's a bit more than that, but not much ..."

I disagree with the use of diarrhoea tablets, I prefer to let it run (ha) its course and use rehydration. And surely anyone with angina already has the medication?

As an aside, when we were in Greece we were severely told off for having Paracetamol and Codeine tablets, the latter substance is illegal there. Not sure what they would think of the Tramadol my doctor gave me for my kit.

 

[Sandy]

Why would anybody would want a "regulation" first aid kit unless they need it for coding? The best ones are made up yourself; acess to a good expedition doctor is a great help.

 

[prv]

Why would anybody would want a "regulation" first aid kit unless they need it for coding? The best ones are made up yourself; acess to a good expedition doctor is a great help.

Note that these rules apply to liferafts, not just first aid kits. Even the basic rafts without a medical kit as such will contain seasickness pills, which in the shortsighted eyes of this regulation turns the whole raft into an unusually bulky kind of medicine bottle.

For what it's worth, I bought a "Cat C" pack as part of my first-aid kit on Ariam. I bought lots of other stuff as well, but most of the things in the kit are potentially useful, and cheaper to buy in that form.

Pete

 

[Sandy]

Note that these rules apply to liferafts, not just first aid kits. Even the basic rafts without a medical kit as such will contain seasickness pills, which in the shortsighted eyes of this regulation turns the whole raft into an unusually bulky kind of medicine bottle.

Let's hope I remember the grab bag as I load the life raft.

I am luck that I've not been seasick since the age of three when crossing the Pentland Firth in the old St Ola. However, five minutes on "Spindizzy" at Diggerland near Cullumpton left me at the near projectile vomit stage!

http://www.diggerland.com/