UK pensioner died ’after Boots staff sent him wrong prescription’

Detective Superintendent Andrew Smith said it was "very likely" that the medication error "hastened his death".

A UK pensioner who was registered blind died after a Boots pharmacy supplied him with another patient’s prescription, an inquest heard.

RAF veteran Douglas Lamond, 86, received weekly medicine boxes from Boots, which were assembled in branch and contained pills in separate plastic compartments to take on different days.