The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) is calling on health practitioners and staff across England and Wales to follow recommendations, issued to improve patient safety for children and young people.
One of the key findings in the report was that there was a high rate of medication administration dosing errors, in particular in children under the age of four. Other issues included: difficulty in the recognition of severity of illness, under-reporting of patient safety incidents in primary care, a lack of an integrated approach to children’s risk management and a need for improved communication skills when providing healthcare to children.
