Learn: Learnhttps://www.pslhub.org/learn/patient-safety-in-health-and-care/medication/page/7/?d=1Learn: LearnenHow to investigate and manage a medication incidenthttps://www.pslhub.org/learn/patient-safety-in-health-and-care/medication/how-to-investigate-and-manage-a-medication-incident-r345/345Tue, 13 Aug 2019 10:19:00 +0000Medication errors: where do they happen? (February 2019)https://www.pslhub.org/learn/patient-safety-in-health-and-care/medication/medication-errors-where-do-they-happen-february-2019-r79/ Key findings

  • Most administration errors (71.1%) occur in care homes according to England's National Reporting and Learning System during 2017-2018.

  • Care homes cover fewer patients than the other sectors, but have the highest error rates per patient, leading to a high overall number of errors.

  • Dispensing errors account for 17.5% of errors that have the potential to cause moderate or severe harm in primary care.

  • Prescribing errors are most likely to cause moderate harm (41.2% of moderate errors).

  • Error rates per patient are lowest in primary care but more medicines are used, so the overall number of errors is second highest.

  • Most administration errors (71.1%) occur in care homes.

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