Importance of Safe Prescribing in Healthcare
Discover why safe prescribing is crucial in healthcare, the risks of prescribing errors, and measures to improve prescribing practices. Learn about the impact of medication errors on patient outcomes and explore initiatives to enhance prescribing safety and efficiency.
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Safe prescribing and SCRIPT
Why prescribing is important All doctors do it & so do others too It's very complex which is why we have electronic prescribing We do it a lot approx 1 billion hospital prescriptions per year in England, Wales & Scotland, NHS spends 20.9 billion per year It's good for patients..... .. and it can be bad for patients
Why prescribing is important 'Prescribing error rates of 8.9 errors per 100 medicine orders have been observed in acute hospitals and in 4.9% of all prescription items in general practice' 'In England, medication errors due to adverse drug reactions take up 181626 bed days, cause 712 deaths and contributing to 1708 deaths per year' 'Foundation Year 1 doctors made almost one error each week and Foundation Year 2 doctors one every 2 weeks, other prescribers made one error per month'
Why prescribing is important Last week on the wards: Wrong insulin Drugs not prescribed on admission Antibiotics not changed On IV drugs for too long
Why prescribing is important How we try to help you be better prescribers Better supervision Prescribing Safety Assessment (PSA) Foundation Programme curriculum SCRIPT
