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<p>The Department works with NHS Improvement, NHS England, the Medicines and Healthcare
products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Public Health England, and the Medication Safety
Officer Network to improve the safety of medicine use across the National Health Service
in England.</p><p> </p><p>The Medication Safety Programme, covering the NHS in England,
has been established to take up the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global challenge
to reduce the incidence of severe and avoidable harm in relation to medication globally
by 50% over five years. Progress to date includes the publication of the Short Life
Working Group into Reducing Medication Harm and the publication of an evidence-based
review on the Prevalence and Economic Burden of Medication Errors in the NHS in England,
which has helped the programme to understand the scale of the issue and identify key
areas for improvement.</p>
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