By Amelia Hill
Just 59% of ‘extremely frail’ older people received annual drugs review by GP last year
Almost 75,000 severely frail, older people in England are missing out on vital medicine checks, putting them at risk of hospitalisation, falls and adverse drug reactions, according to an analysis of NHS data.
At least 10% of hospital admissions of frail older people are directly attributable to mismanagement of medicine. But the analysis of all patients aged over 65 in England found that only 59% – 108,507 – of people identified as being extremely frail received their annual medicines review last year.
Source: Frail older people in England missing out on vital medicines checks
Category: Older people, Health, GPs, NHS, Society, UK news
