More than 260,000 diabetes inpatients had hospital medication errors in 2017

Diabetes UK calls on hospitals to improve patient experience for people with condition More than a quarter of a million diabetes inpatients experienced a medication error at hospital last year, putting them at risk of serious harm or death, research by a leading charity has found. Diabetes UK said more than 260,000 people with the condition had encountered errors during a hospital stay in 2017, 9,600 of whom suffered a serious and potentially life-threatening episode of hypoglycaemia because of ...