Background |
Audit Results |
Participation |
The Repeat Prescribing Audit was launched by PCAG towards the end of 1998. Since the launch of the audit, over 90 practices across Leicestershire have participated in the audit. Of these practices, almost half have completed the full audit cycle and re-audited their repeat prescribing system.
Analysis of the audit data
indicates that practices are managing their repeat prescribing systems
extremely well. The table
below, details the audit results for the practices that have completed the
first phase of the audit. The
results relate to 15,276 repeat prescriptions that were reviewed.
|
Audit
criteria |
Percentage
that successfully met the criteria |
|
1.
Initiated for identified for therapeutic reason |
88.59 |
|
2.
Initiation date |
90.75 |
|
3.
Clinical decision to authorise repeat |
87.22 |
|
4.
Annual review of medication |
74.22 |
|
5.
Clear dosage instructions |
83.83 |
|
6.
Drug initiated for 2 months or less |
90.27 |
|
7.
Re-authorisation every 12 months |
84.12 |
|
8.
Generic drug prescribed |
70.89 |
|
9.
Records and computer data match |
82.01 |
As the table shows, the audit results are good across all nine audit criteria, with only two criteria achieving an overall result of less than 80%.
The repeat prescribing audit is now closed. PCAG are currently analysing the remaining data, with a view to producing a final report.