CQC calls for better information sharing on patient medications

27 October 2009

The Care Quality Commission has urged all hospitals and GP practices to ensure they are sharing “timely, complete” information on changes to patient medication.

The call comes after a CQC survey, published on Tuesday, found that information shared between GPs and hospitals when a patient moves between services is often “patchy, incomplete and not shared quickly enough”, increasing the risk of medication related patient safety incidents. 

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