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Tuesday 22 October 2024
Salisbury Foundation Trust

FOI_7531

Internal Reference Number: FOI_7531

Date Request Received: 08/11/2023 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 17/11/2023 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Pharmacy

Request Category: Media



 
Question Number 1:
Under the freedom of information act 2000 I’m requesting the following information on NHS hospital pharmacy services at your trust:

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
 
Answer To Question 1:
a. 2022/23 = 1143

b. 2021/22 = 942

c. 2020/21 = 1009

d. 2019/20 = 864

e. 2018/19 = 719
 
Question Number 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
 
Answer To Question 2:
Please note we can only respond to part a for 2022/23 as before this date this data was not reliably collected. Our response for 2022/23 excludes the following months: December 2022, February 2023 and March 2023 due to no audit being undertaken during those months.

a. 44.6%
 
Question Number 3:
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
 
Answer To Question 3:
Please see attached.

To accompany this answer to question 3 please also see the documents listed below:

 FOI 7531.xlsx
 
Question Number 4:
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
 
Answer To Question 4:
No data related to this question is recorded at the Trust.
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