Stopping over-medication of people with learning disabilities
NHS England has produced a document that aims to stop the over-medicating of people with learning disabilities. This toolkit aims to support prescribing healthcare professionals to review inappropriate prescriptions for people under their care who have a learning disability and/or autism.
This document tells you the following:
- Algorithm/flow diagram of review, to reduce or stop psychotropic drugs in people with a learning disability
- Why it is important to stop prescribing inappropriate psychotropic drugs
- Suggested steps for prescribers
- Practice examples
- Examples of psychotropic drug reduction
Here is the link to the full report: http://ow.ly/arvt301TV9B
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