The Department’s Head of Inspection and Investigation and the Inspectors, are pharmacists  The Senior Enforcement Officer and enforcement team have extensive backgrounds in criminal investigation.  

All of the team participate in a wide range of training opportunities alongside MHRA and RPSGB Inspectors, Controlled Drugs Liaison Officers and Home Office Drugs Licensing personnel.  

They are in addition afforded training in PACE (Police and Criminal Evidence Order) Codes of Practice, PEACE interviewing techniques, Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), Data Protection and Freedom of Information issues.  

Two of the Inspectors are legally qualified and individuals across the Inspectorate possess formal qualifications in Advanced Investigative Practice and in Controlled Drugs Inspections.