prescribing errors

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Medicines,

RPS: Prescribing alerts needed to stop 'unacceptable' drugs duplication

An inquest said 55-year-old Paula Doreen Hughes died as a result of “an unintended therapeutic excess of paracetamol”.

08 Jan 2026

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Medicines,

Penicillin allergies are mistakenly recorded as ‘penicillamine’ in EPS, warns NHSE

NHS England told primary care staff to implement additional checks when staff input allergy status into GP systems.

28 Nov 2025

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