Why is Medicines Management so important?
  • Serious adverse drug reactions are common, with 10,000 hospital
  • patients a year affected.
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  • It is estimated that nationally 6.5% of hospital admissions are
  • related to harm from medicines.
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  • The Audit Commission, Department of Health and the Care Quality
  • Commission have all identified that effective medicines
  • management should be a priority for all trusts.