Failure to provide required medication promptly when clinically needed
First to latest report 4 Sep 2013 — 17 Jun 2026
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- 32
- Times this concern has been raised
- 34
- Actions taken to address this concern
- 51
What this concern includes
Includes failures in the medication-provision process that delay or prevent clinically required medication from being prescribed, processed, dispensed or administered when needed, including delayed usual medication after admission and delayed urgent therapeutic medication.
What is not included
- Excludes long-term medication review, medication reconciliation, dosage verification and medication administration concerns when timely provision of required medication is not the shared unsafe condition.
- Excludes failures limited to medication continuity across care transitions where the issue is maintaining uninterrupted access rather than promptly initiating or providing medication when clinically needed.
- Excludes medication shortages, prescribing inappropriateness or monitoring failures that do not directly cause delayed or absent provision of clinically required medication.
- Excludes generic staffing, communication, documentation or electronic-system deficiencies unless they directly result in delayed or absent provision of the required medication.
Reports over time
Reports over time
Reports about this concern issued each year.
* 2026 is projected from reports observed to 7 Sep 2026.
Most frequent recipients
Most frequent recipients
Reports about this concern sent to each recipient.
Concerns and responses across reports
Only concerns grouped under this recurring concern are included. Select any concern, action or position to view the source wording.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to prescribe anti-coagulant medication on discharge
This report raised 2 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
No linked response statementsNo respondent-stated action or position is linked to these concerns in the published data.
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Concerns raised1
Failure to provide prophylactic antibiotic medication at discharge
This report raised 2 other concerns. They are not shown here because they do not form part of this recurring concern.
Responses linked to these concernsEach statement is shown once, even when linked to more than one concern.
Actions described in response An action is something a respondent says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.3
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Action
Explore ward-based technicians’ knowledge of prophylactic antibiotics required after splenectomy.
Stated by University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust -
Action
Discuss systems and processes across all three Trust sites for flagging and communicating medicines that must continue after discharge.
Stated by University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust -
Action
Remind the junior doctors involved to fully consider patients’ pre-admission medication.
Stated by University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Data last updated 7 September 2026