Digital Health April 25, 2024
The Express has reported that last year 34,000 medication errors were made, with 21 incidents leading to patient death, and a further 27 leading to serious harm.
It revealed that overall, 5,500 patients were damaged in some way by a mistake with their prescription – for example by being given the wrong medication, wrong dosage, or not being supplied with the medication when it was needed.
The new figures reported in The Express came to light following a response to a question from Labour’s shadow health minister Karin Smyth MP. This revealed that over 30,000 medication errors were reported last year across all NHS trusts.
In comparison, according to reports in The Guardian, almost 6,000 people experienced harm as a...
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