Psychotropic deprescribing in ethnic minority individuals with a learning disability requires a more nuanced approach People from ethnic minority backgrounds who have a learning disability face ‘double discrimination’ when accessing healthcare services. Culturally sensitive psychotropic deprescribing is just one way this can be improved.…
High deprivation areas given funding to boost structured medication reviews, says HIN The Health Innovation Network said that 25 primary care networks would be funded to provide supportive materials that had been shown to improve SMR outcomes.…
Patient safety improvement and medicines waste targeted by repeat prescribing toolkit The Royal Pharmaceutical Society says the new resource is the first national good practice guidance on repeat prescribing published in 20 years.…
Managing and reducing polypharmacy when prescribing An overview of the challenges that multiple medicines management may present for prescribers, with advice on approaches prescribing pharmacists can adopt to best support patients.…
NSAID prescribing in high-risk groups is a major source of avoidable harm, study finds The study estimated that the practice could have caused more than 6,000 lost years of good health across England over a ten-year period.…
Community falls pharmacists ‘effective and cost-efficient’ in optimising medicines for older patients, study suggests Data from 92 people referred to a community falls pharmacist show an 8% mean reduction in the number of medicines prescribed per patient and anticholinergic burden score per patient reduced by 33%.…
Pharmacists in primary care should be ‘enabled to prioritise’ structured medication reviews, says RPS The Royal Pharmaceutical Society policy statement says primary care networks must recognise that they are accountable for delivering structured medication reviews.…
Pharmacists to be central in delivery of campaign to cut prescribing of high-risk pain medicines NHS Fife's 'Pain Talking' campaign is aimed at giving patients better control over chronic pain management and promoting non-medical treatment.…
A campaign to help patients discuss their medicines nearly doubled our medication reviews The ‘Me and My Medicines’ campaign distributes information in nine languages to encourage Black and minority ethnic groups to raise concerns about their medicines.…
Almost 40% of older adults with polypharmacy given inappropriate prescription when starting treatment for type 2 diabetes, study finds In older patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus but no polypharmacy, 6.5% of patients were given a potentially inappropriate prescription.…
