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Objectives
To explore barriers and facilitators to prescribing error reporting across primary care.
Design
Qualitative semi-structured face-to-face and telephone interviews were conducted to explore facilitators and barriers to reporting prescribing errors. Data collection and thematic analysis were informed by the COM-B model of behaviour change....
rescribing errors can cause avoidable harm to patients. Most prescriptions originate in primary care, where medications tend to be self-administered and errors have the most potential to cause harm. Reporting prescribing errors can identify trends and reduce the risk of the reoccurrence of incidents; however, under-reporting is common. The organisa...
Background: In the UK, prescribing errors originating from general practice and other community services are often identified and rectified within community pharmacy. Organisational structures withinNHS primary care mean that boundaries between these independentorganisations may act a barrier to supporting error reporting and potential learning.
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Over the last decade, technological advances, market competition and increasing pressures for efficiencies across healthcare systems have resulted in changes to the processes and policies involved in medicines prescribing and dispensing. The aim of this study was to explore the views of family practice staff, including GPs, on the perc...
