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Thousands of lives are put at risk by doctors prescribing drugs to which patients are known to be allergic, the medicines watchdog says.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said there were "major issues" in the way allergies were recorded and shared.
In its first guidelines on allergy, it is calling for known allergies to be recorded on all prescriptions.
The charity Allergy UK said a "lack of awareness" was putting lives at risk.
Official data recorded 18,079 incidents of drug allergies affecting patient safety in the NHS in England and Wales between 2005 and 2013.
Most involved medicines which were prescribed to a patient with a known allergy to that class of drugs.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29031986
Worrying
I'm allergic to penicillin.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) said there were "major issues" in the way allergies were recorded and shared.
In its first guidelines on allergy, it is calling for known allergies to be recorded on all prescriptions.
The charity Allergy UK said a "lack of awareness" was putting lives at risk.
Official data recorded 18,079 incidents of drug allergies affecting patient safety in the NHS in England and Wales between 2005 and 2013.
Most involved medicines which were prescribed to a patient with a known allergy to that class of drugs.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29031986
Worrying
I'm allergic to penicillin.