Prescribing Errors - FOI Response Register

1. How many instances of prescribing errors/accidental overdoses by medical staff have been recorded by NHS Shetland between 2019 and 2024? Could we please have a breakdown of each year?

32

2. How many apologies for prescribing errors/accidental overdoses has NHS Shetland issued in the period between 2019 and 2024?

3

Please note that this is the number of apologies, including verbal, that have been recorded on the Datix system.

3. How many instances of prescribing errors/accidental overdoses have been recorded in children under the age of 5 by NHS Shetland between 2019 and 2024? Could we please have a breakdown of each year?

<5

Given the already small number, we are unable to provide a breakdown

4. How many fatalities were recorded by NHS Shetland between 2019 and 2024 due to prescribing errors/accidental overdoses? Could we please have a breakdown of each year?

0

5. How many patients were left with permanent disfigurements or illnesses as a result of prescribing errors/accidental overdoses between 2019 and 2024? Could we please have a breakdown of each year?

0

Where we have given <5 answers or not provided further breakdown of figures, this is because NHS Shetland considers that providing more specific information carries a high risk of identifying individuals. As such and in accordance with FOISA s 16(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it holds the information requested but that it is exempt from disclosure under FOISA s 38(1)(b) as read with s 38 (2A) as the information constitutes personal data and disclosure would breach the confidentiality of the data subjects.