High levels of patient safety incidents related to time-critical medicines — medicines that need to be given or taken at a specific time — have persisted for decades. In 2022/2023 alone, there were 17 deaths recorded as a result of medicine dose delivery being delayed or omitted entirely.
Solutions, such as using e-prescribing systems, have been successful on a local level but scaling them up nationally to accommodate a variety of platforms is a challenging task.
However, a new national focus from NHS England on reducing the number of these events may finally deliver a solution.
In this episode of The PJ Pod, executive editor Carolyn Wickware and senior clinical reporter David Lipanovic take a closer look at how TCMs can be administered more safely. This episode was produced by Geoff Marsh.
Read more on this topic: ‘Every minute counts’: taking a national approach to time-critical medicines
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