| Foundation year 1 and year 2 doctors were both more than twice as likely to prescribe erroneously when compared against medical consultant error rates. |
| No significant differences in severity of error were observed between grades of prescriber. |
| Interventions are needed for all grades of staff, not just junior doctors, to reduce potentially serious prescribing errors. |
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