Table 3.

Medication reconciliation in primary care

	National audit results
For medicines that were started/stopped or doses changed during the hospital inpatient stay, were the changes actioned by the GP within 7 days of the discharge being received? (n=1438)	Yes=655 (45.5%). No=180 (12.5%). No action required=603 (42%).
Who carried out the medicines reconciliation within the GP surgery for the discharge summaries received? (n=1441)	GP=742 (51.5%). No requirement to undertake medicines Reconciliation=217 (15.1%). Unable to identify=101 (7%). CCG/practice pharmacist=95 (6.6%). Medicines reconciliation not undertaken=82 (5.7%). Practice receptionist=80 (5.6%). Practice nurse=7 (0.49%). Practice manager=1 (0.07%). Other=116 (8.05%).