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System to Measure and Prevent Medication Errors Under Development (Department of Health and Social Care / EEPRU / BBC News)

Posted on May 12, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary The Department of Health and Social Care now has a system to help identify, monitor and prevent medication errors. The aim is to help ensure the NHS becomes the safest healthcare system in the world, as well as avoiding … Continue reading →

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Medication Errors: an Open Learning Culture Recommended to Reduce Patient Harm (BBC News / Department of Health / EEPRU / Department of Health and Social Care)

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Medication errors, which include (i) wrong medications given, (ii) incorrect doses and (iii) delays in medication being administered, cause an estimated 700 deaths per year and might play a role in something between 1,700 to 22,300 further avoidable deaths. … Continue reading →

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Seven Day Hospital Pharmacy Services (NHS England / BBC News)

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England’s “Transformation of Seven Day Clinical Pharmacy Services in Acute Hospitals” report explains how seven-day clinical pharmacy services can benefit patients. Seven-day hospital pharmacy services might also help improve hospital efficiency, in the context of ten Seven Day … Continue reading →

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Funding Available to NHS Hospitals for Digital Excellence (NHS England / Nuffield Trust)

Posted on August 6, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary NHS England is offering NHS hospital Trusts over £100 million funding to create centres of global digital excellence and explore better use of digital technology in health. Twenty-six selected trusts are invited to bid for up to £10 million … Continue reading →

Lord Carter’s Report on NHS Efficiency Savings (BBC News / Department of Health)

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Dementia and Elderly Care News

Summary Proposed efficiency savings could help the NHS save £5 billion per year by 2020, according to the Labour peer Lord Carter’s report. Full Text Link Reference Hospital bed-blocking ‘costs’ NHS England £900m a year. London: BBC Health News, February … Continue reading →

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