Impact of the work on the prevalence and burden of medication errors in the NHS

Faria, R. (Contributor)
Sculpher, M. J. (Contributor)
Jankovic, D. (Contributor)

Centre for Health Economics
Health Sciences

Activity: Other › Media (TV)

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Widespread media coverage.
Mentioned by the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt in an interview.
Informed the launch of a new system to help measure and present medication errors.

Period	23 Feb 2018
Degree of Recognition	National

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The Department of Health and Social Care launched a new system to help measure and prevent medication errors, which was informed by our work on the prevalence and burden of medication errors.

Impact of the work on the prevalence and burden of medication errors in the NHS

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Prevalence and Economic Burden of Medication Errors in The NHS in England: Rapid evidence synthesis and economic analysis of the prevalence and burden of medication error in the UK.