Disclaimer: This article was published in 2023 and reflects the information available at that time.
  PDL is raising awareness with hospital pharmacists about the need to report incidents to PDL. This call has been prompted by a recent review of PDL’s incident reporting data which indicates that hospital-based PDL members are disproportionately less likely to report an incident in comparison to community-based colleagues. PDL suggests there may be several reasons for this disparity. PDL is aware of the workload demands on all pharmacists in the past few years and recognises that hospital pharmacists experienced constant challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, and this pressur…

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