Unsafe medication management
Failures in the safe management of medicines, including storage, administration, record-keeping, prescribing, and disposal.
2 items
1 source
2 inquiries
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Unsafe medication management has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:
2 inquiry recs
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Inquiry Recommendations (2)
R8 — Medication audit and NICE compliance
Recommendation: Medication should never be used simply to subdue people in the absence of other forms of treatment and good quality care. DoH should issue a regional audit pro forma to measure compliance with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence …
Response Pending
F242 — Medicines administration
Recommendation: In the absence of automatic checking and prompting, the process of the administration of medication needs to be overseen by the nurse in charge of the ward, or his/her nominated delegate. A frequent check needs to be done to ensure …
Gov response: The government published "Hard Truths: the Journey to Putting Patients First" (Cm 8777) on 19 November 2013, responding to all 290 recommendations of the Francis Report. This followed an initial response "Patients First and Foremost" …
Accepted