I am not concerned about the number of mistakes made in UK hospitals. As a pharmacist I am concerned, if UK has such a high rate of medication errors, then what would be the rates in countries like India, where Pharmacists almost never over ride the prescriptions and physicians treat more than 100 patients every day.

Read about the study published in Gurdian which states that   Doctors in UK make mistakes in about 8% of the prescriptions they write for hospital patients, and depends on pharmacist and nurses to correct them- the study was commissioned by the General Medical Council (GMC).

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/dec/03/prescription-errors-junior-doctors

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6942289.ece

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/dec/03/junior-doctor-prescription-mistakes-study