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Community pharmacies will not have to identify themselves when they report patient safety incidents until dispensing errors have been decriminalised, NHS England has confirmed. Since 2005, pharmacies have been required to report patient safety incidents to the National Reporting and Learning Service (NRLS), and as part of the 2014/15 pharmacy funding settlement, it was agreed that these reports would no longer be anonymous. However, in response to concerns raised by PSNC, NHS England has decided to delay implementation of the requirement to name pharmacies in reports until errors are no longer a criminal offence. Work is currently underway to change medicines legislation and decriminalise dispensing errors, and is expected to be complete by early 2016.