Primary Care Trusts (PCT) in the UK are being told to carry out immediate safety reviews by the government into the use of prescription drugs.

This follows a government funded review which showed medical negligence by an alarming number of doctors in the prescribing of drugs to the elderly.

Medical negligence claims have been made raising concerns over they way drugs are prescribed to elderly residents in the belief that some are kept unnecessarily sedated.

These safety reviews should be carried out prior to a major investigation which is to be undertaken by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) into the management of medicines by GPs, PCTs and care homes throughout the UK.

The immediate reviews were called for by the NHS Central Alerting System after they found elderly residents were averaging 8 medicines each daily and that on any one day 7 out of 10 patients experienced at least one medication error.

In a bid to cut down on this medical negligence they have called for the review particularly in relation to the prescription of antipsychotics and benzodiazepines.

The alert calls for PCTs to "work with their primary medical care contractors, providers of pharmaceutical services and social care partners to determine how medication errors in care homes for older people can be reduced".

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