title: Formalized prescribing error feedback from hospital pharmacists: doctors' attitudes and opinions.
abstract: Doctors have reported a lack of awareness of their prescribing errors with lack of feedback considered a system failure. This article summarizes the views of hospital doctors about receiving formal prescribing error feedback from ward-based pharmacists.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacist in the Pharmacy Department, St. Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust, Whiston, Merseyside L35 5DR.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lloyd
authors.affiliation: Research Fellow in Health Care Education in the Institute of Learning and Teaching, University of Liverpool, Liverpool.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Watmough
authors.affiliation: Chief Nurse, St. Helens Clinical Commissioning Group, St. Helens, Merseyside.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.affiliation: Consultant Physician, St. Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust, Whiston, Merseyside.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Furlong
authors.affiliation: Medical Director in the Department of Diabetes, St. Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust, Whiston, Merseyside.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hardy
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards*; D024382:Professional Role; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires