| Case study | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drug | Directions | Quantity prescribed | Cost for 1-month supply | Problem | Outcome after review | Directions after review | Quantity after review | Monthly cost saving |
| A | One to be taken three times a day | 84 | £1428 | Dose on discharge letter stated ‘One to be taken three times a week’ | Prescription was reviewed and updated | One to be taken three times a week | 12 | £1224 |
| B | One to be taken daily | 28 | £987 | Red traffic light medicine for prescribing only by hospital specialist | Prescribing of the medicine transferred back to specialist | N/A | 0 | £987 |
| C | One to be taken daily | 2 x 84 | 2 x £282 | Patient was over-ordering; the prescription was issued twice in the last month | Prescribed quantity was reduced to a 28-day supply | One to be taken daily | 28 | £470 |
Safe repeat prescribing systems: answers
Volume 5 · Issue 6
