Background Little is known about the epidemiology of medication errors and medication-
related harm following transition from secondary to primary care. This systematic review …

Background: There is an emerging interest in the inadvertent harm caused to patients by the
provision of primary health-care services. To date (up to 2015), there has been limited …

Objective To estimate the incidence of avoidable significant harm in primary care in
England; describe and classify the associated patient safety incidents and generate …

Primary care lags behind secondary care in the reporting of, and learning from, incidents
that put patient safety at risk. In primary care, there is no universally agreed approach to …

Introduction There are risks to the safety of medicines management when patient care is
transferred between healthcare organisations, for example, when a patient is discharged …

Background Transitions between healthcare settings are vulnerable points for patients. Aim
To identify key threats to safe patient transitions from hospital to primary care settings …

Accident investigation reports are text documents that systematically review and analyze the
cause and process of accidents after accidents have occurred and have been widely used in …

Background Sharing information about hospital care with primary care in the form of a
discharge summary is essential to patient safety. In the United Kingdom, although discharge …

Introduction Antipsychotic medication is increasingly prescribed to patients with serious
mental illness. Patients with serious mental illness often have cardiovascular and metabolic …

Context Being involved in one's care is prioritised within UK healthcare policy to improve
care quality and safety. However, research suggests that many older people struggle with …