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Freedom of Information request 283-2023

Response published: 5 December 2023

FOI Request

Under the freedom of information act 2000 I’m requesting the following information on NHS hospital pharmacy services at your trust: 1. How many patient safety incidents, related to medication errors, were reported through your local risk management system in the past five financial years as follows: a. 2022/23 b. 2021/22 c. 2020/21 d. 2019/20 e. 2018/19 2. What percentage of inpatients at your trust received a reconciled list of medications within 24 hours of admission, in line with NICE guidance, in each of the following years: a. 2022/23 b. 2021/22 c. 2020/21 d. 2019/20 e. 2018/19 3. Please can you provide the number of full-time equivalent pharmacists and pharmacy technicians per 100 beds in your trust, and the vacancy rate for each, in the past five financial years as follows: a. 2022/23 b. 2021/22 c. 2020/21 d. 2019/20 e. 2018/19 4. What percentage of inpatient beds at your trust were visited daily by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in the past five financial years as follows: a. 2022/23 b. 2021/22 c. 2020/21 d. 2019/20 e. 2018/19 Please provide the information by email. If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.

FOI Response

As we outsource our pharmacy provision we do not hold the data for questions 2, 3 and 4, but the response for question 1 is the following:
1. How many patient safety incidents, related to medication errors, were reported through your local risk management system in the past five financial years as follows:
a. 2022/23 733
b. 2021/22 725
c. 2020/21 613
d. 2019/20 206 2gether. + 540 GCS. equals 746
e. 2018/19 228 2gether. + 553 GCS. equals 781