More than 260,000 diabetes inpatients had hospital medication errors in 2017

More than 260,000 diabetes inpatients had hospital medication errors in 2017 Diabetes UK calls on hospitals to improve patient experience for people with condition

More than a quarter of a million diabetes inpatients experienced a medication error at hospital last year, putting them at risk of serious harm or death, research by a leading charity has found.

Diabetes UK said more than 260,000 people with the condition had encountered errors during a hospital stay in 2017, 9,600 of whom suffered a serious and potentially life-threatening episode of hypoglycaemia because of poor insulin management. The Guardian

See also:

• Hospitals are putting thousands of lives at risk by ’regularly overdosing diabetics with insulin’ The Daily Mail
• NHS hospitals 'unsafe' for diabetics as quarter of a million experienced potentially life threatening errors last year, charity warns The Independent