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True stories
Hospital apologises after death (PDF 19KB)
A hospital apologises for the death of a diabetic woman whose sugar levels were not monitored correctly.
Hospitals admit insulin overdoses (PDF 19KB)
NI hospitals admit doctors and nurses gave wrong amounts of insulin to patients on 33 occasions in recent years.
Death followed wrong insulin dose (PDF 21KB)
A woman died after poor handwriting on her hospital records led to her being given too much insulin.
CPS to review insulin death case (PDF 25KB)
The case of an elderly woman with diabetes who died after a nurse injected her with too much insulin is to be reviewed.

Quick Links
Diabetes: Insulin Use it Safely Patient Booklet (PDF 491.2KB)
Safe Use of Insulin and You Patient Information Booklet (PDF 398.2KB)
NPSA Rapid Response Report - Safer Administration of Insulin (PDF 60KB)
NPSA Alert - The adult patient's passport to safer use of insulin
Monthly Index of Medical Specialties (MIMS) online











