
Inner North London
Concerns raised21
Provision of incorrect advice that an adrenaline auto injector switch is only a brand substitution
Failure to reconsider adrenaline auto injector dose after switching device
Inadequate and incorrect national training content for 111 call handlers on adrenaline auto injectors
Failure to identify patients at particularly high risk from allergies and asthma
Lack of named accountability for allergy services and provision
Failure to assess patients’ access to and understanding of adrenaline auto injector advice
Failure of the Adastra system to update location information across screens in real time
Failure to establish whether specialist allergy care was being provided
Inconsistency in anaphylaxis ambulance categorisation between 999 and 111 services
Failure to explain the need for sequential administration of two adrenaline auto injectors in acute anaphylaxis
Failure of 111 call audits to identify all significant call-handling failings
Rare provision of practical placebo-device adrenaline auto injector training
Failure to provide healthcare-professional training after an adrenaline auto injector switch
Failure to communicate device-specific training requirements for adrenaline auto injectors
Failure of NHS Digital to retain and act on previously identified call-handling safety issues
Failure of AAI leaflets to specify the need for device-specific healthcare-professional training
Failure of the 999 service to safety-net inappropriate 111 categorisation
Single-sale availability of Emerade adrenaline auto injectors
Failure to record and emphasise the need to carry two adrenaline auto injector pens
Failure to advise prescribers to reconsider adrenaline auto injector dose after a device switch
Failure to display the advice to carry two adrenaline auto injectors on the outside of the box
Actions described in response An action is something this recipient says it has done, is doing, or plans to do in response to the concern raised.3
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Action
Review the design of Emerade trainer pens.
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Action
Incorporate an activated needle-cover shield extension into redesigned trainer pens while retaining repeated practice use.
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Action
Initiate discussions with MHRA about adding advice to outer packaging that patients should carry two adrenaline auto-injectors.