Response to official information request
- The total number of admissions to hospital each year.
- The average (both mean and median) bed stay of patients admitted to hospital each year.
- The total number of admissions to hospital in relation to adverse (prescription) drug reactions each year. (Clarified: “adverse drug reactions” to be defined as an “unwanted or harmful reaction experienced following the administration of a drug or combination of drugs under normal conditions of use and is suspected to be related to the drug.”)
- The total cost of admissions in relation to adverse drug reactions each year.
- The total number of admissions to hospital in relation to adverse drug reactions each year which were preventable. (Clarified as: “preventable ADR admission” to be defined as an “ADRs caused
by medication errors, whether they be acts of omission or commission, incorrect medication/dose/timing, administration of a medication to a patient with a known allergy, inadequate monitoring, or other errors.”) - The total cost of the preventable admissions.
- The average (both mean and median) bed stay of patients admitted to hospital in relation to adverse drug reactions which were preventable.