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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