Salisbury Foundation Trust

FOI_6354

Internal Reference Number: FOI_6354

Date Request Received: 10/11/2021 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 27/01/2022 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Medicines wastage, medication errors and adverse drug events

Request Category: Companies

 
Question Number 1:
We are interested in receiving the following information for each year in the period from 2018 to 2021 (please include total and year-by-year breakdown):

a) The value of medicines wastage every year in Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust in £.
 
Answer To Question 1:
Data is not collected on medications returned from wards that are not suitable for reuse, however we could provide information on stock that has expired in Pharmacy if this information would be suitable. - Agreed by requester.

18-19 £69381
19-20 £54924
20-21 £98975
 
Question Number 2:
We are interested in receiving the following information for each year in the period from 2018 to 2021 (please include total and year-by-year breakdown):

a) The number of medicines in prefilled syringes procured for usage in the following departments within Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust:
• Intensive Care Units;
• Accident & Emergency departments;
• Operating rooms.

b) The names of the specific medicines which are procured in prefilled syringes for usage in the following departments within Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust:
• Intensive Care Units;
• Accident & Emergency departments;
• Operating rooms.
 
Answer To Question 2:
We are unable to answer this question as collating this information would take in excess of 18 hours. Section 12 refusal notice applied and attached.
 
Question Number 3:
We are interested in receiving the following information for each year in the period from 2018 to 2021 (please include total and year-by-year breakdown):

a) The number of recorded cases of medication errors and adverse drug events resulting from the medication preparation of drugs prepared from vials and ampoules within Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.
b) The number of recorded cases of medication errors and adverse drug events where a prefilled syringe was used within Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust.
 
Answer To Question 3:
We are unable to answer this question as our risk and incident system cannot break down to that much detail. Going through incidents manually would exceed 18 hours of work. Section 12 refusal notice applied and attached
 
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