Today, the BBC is reporting on a research study from the University of London which finds that seven out of ten residents out of the 256 residents in 55 different care homes were subject to errors in their medication regime.
The summary of the report suggests that the reasons for this are
inadequate information, over-worked staff, poor [...]
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