BMJ Quality & Safety 11 June 2020. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-010206
- Researchers from Manchester Centre for Health Economics have estimated that 237 million medication errors occur at some point in the medication process in England annually, 38.4% occurring in primary care; 72% have little/no potential for harm and 66 million are potentially clinically significant. Prescribing in primary care accounts for 34% of all potentially clinically significant errors. Definitely avoidable adverse drug events are estimated to cost the NHS £98 462 582 per year, consuming 181 626 bed-days, and causing/contributing to 1708 deaths.
