Preventable admissions cost the NHS £466 million

Preventable admissions cost the NHS £466 million

Have you ever suffered complications when you've switched doctors, or have gone from a practice to the hospital?

New statistics have shown that when patients transfer between NHS services, incomplete or wrong information about the medicine often goes with them.

These small mistakes are costing the NHS around £466 million.

Research has shown that around four-to-five per cent of hospital admissions are due to preventable problems with medicines.

The following video looks at how this problem can be improved by new medical guidelines.

Femalefirst Taryn Davies


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