PATIENTS in A&E face serious complications from missing doses of prescription medicines while waiting days to be seen, a new report warns.
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) study, released today, found that more than half of patients are not identified as being on time-critical medicines (TCM) within 30 minutes of arriving at an A&E.
Nearly seven in 10 doses are not administered within 30 minutes of the expected time.
TCM is prescribed to a patient for existing conditions, such as insulin for diabetes, Parkinson’s drugs, epilepsy medicines and tablets for preventing blood clots.
Last December, it emerged that an elderly man was left unable to swallow after waiting over two days in A&E without being given regular medication, and died four weeks later.
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