Medication Errors in Care Homes
The problem
- For many years, the Care Home sector has battled relentlessly to address medication issues. Poor medication management and administration accounts for a large number of errors which adversely affect patient care.
- It is estimated that 5% of all hospital admissions are a result of avoidable mistakes. This is the same percentage as that for cancer and costs the NHS around £500 million per year.
- It is also estimated that some 10% of the entire NHS drugs budget is lost through drug waste.
Dept of Health Alert, Medication Errors in Care Homes
The Solution
Pharmacy Plus is now proud to present the new Pharmacy Plus Service with our unique Proactive Care System (PCS), the first barcode validation system for use in Care Homes. PCS has been specifically designed to improve medicines management by reducing drug errors and improving stock control.
