Freedom of Information: GPs prescribing the wrong medicines, doses or sizes

Document first published:: 22 December 2017
Page updated:: 31 October 2019
Topic:: Information governance, NHS Improvement
Publication type:: FOI release

Information relating to the cost of GPs prescribing the wrong medicine, doses or sizes.

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Freedom of Information: GPs prescribing the wrong medicines, doses or sizes.

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This request asked for the cost to the NHS of GPs prescribing the wrong medicines, wrong doses or sizes which result in the incorrect article being given to a patient and it being unused or destroyed, and the correct article being re-prescribed.

NHS Improvement did not hold the requested information.