Annual Report and Accounts - The Great Western Hospital

Priority 2: To reduce harm associated with medication errors
Medication errors - In 2011/12 there were a total of 661 medicine related incidents. Of these 12
(1.8%) were classified as causing moderate harm. No medicines incidents caused severe harm or
worse.
The number of reported incidents has increased from 514 in the previous year. This is a positive
indication of increased reporting and also reflects the assimilation of the Wiltshire Community Unit
incident reporting system.
GRAPH – Medication errors causing severe harm GWH2010/11 - 2011/12
Medication errors causing severe harm - GWH
16%
Total Target
Total Achieved
14%
12%
15%
Total
Target of
15% or less
10%
Percentage
8%
6%
8.6%
0% target set for 2011/12
0% achieved for 2011/12
4%
2%
0%
2010/11 2011/12
April 2010 to March 2012
0%
0%
GRAPH - Medicine incidents by harm 2011/12
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