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A new tool has been developed to assess the likelihood of an older adult who is discharged from hospital suffering from medication-related harm and predicts whether they need further NHS care. Recent studies have shown that more than a third of older patients experience medication-related harm following hospital discharge. Apart from causing harm to patients and significant distress to their families and carers, it is associated with at a significant cost to the NHS estimated at £396 million annually. Researchers at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS), working in collaboration with King’s College London developed the new tool to provide practitioners with a
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