The prevalence and nature of prescribing and monitoring errors in English general practice: a retrospective case note review

Anthony J Avery; Maisoon Ghaleb; Nick Barber; Bryony Dean Franklin; Sarah J Armstrong; Brian Serumaga; Soraya Dhillon; Anette Freyer; Rachel Howard; Olanrewaju Talabi; Rajnikant L Mehta

doi:10.3399/bjgp13X670679

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vol. 63 no. 613 e543-e553

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp13X670679

PubMed

23972195

Published By

Royal College of General Practitioners

Print ISSN

0960-1643

Online ISSN

1478-5242

History

Received February 9, 2013
Revision received March 14, 2013
Accepted May 7, 2013
Published online August 1, 2013.

Author Information

Anthony J Avery, DM, FRCGP, Professor of primary health care

Maisoon Ghaleb, PhD, Senior lecturer in patient safety

Nick Barber, FRPharmS, Professor of the practice of pharmacy

Bryony Dean Franklin, MSc, PhD, MRPharmS, Director and professor of medication safety

Sarah J Armstrong, PhD, MSc, Associate professor in medical statistics

Brian Serumaga, BPharm, PhD, Research fellow

Soraya Dhillon, BPharm, PhD, Dean

Anette Freyer, MRCP, Consultant in acute medicine and clinical pharmacology

Rachel Howard, BPharmHon, PhD, MRPharmS, DipClinPharm, Lecturer in pharmacy practice

Olanrewaju Talabi, MPh, MPhil, MPhil Student

Rajnikant L Mehta, BSc(Hons), MSc, Medical statistician

Division of Primary Care, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical School, Nottingham.
Department of Pharmacy, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield.
Centre for Medication Safety and Service Quality, Department of Practice and Policy, UCL School of Pharmacy, London.
Centre for Medication Safety and Service Quality, Department of Practice and Policy, UCL School of Pharmacy and Pharmacy Department, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross Hospital, London.
NIHR RDS for the East Midlands, Nottingham Health Science Partners, University of Nottingham, Nottingham.
Division of Primary Care, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical School, Nottingham.
School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham.
School of Pharmacy, University of Reading, Reading.
Division of Primary Care, School of Community Health Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical School, Nottingham.
NIHR RDS for the East Midlands, Nottingham Health Science Partners, University of Nottingham, Nottingham.

Address for correspondence
Anthony J Avery, Division of Primary Care, University of Nottingham, Room D1417, University of Nottingham Medical School, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK. E-mail: tony.avery{at}nottingham.ac.uk

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