Updated Guidance for the Prescribers of Specials Published

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has today published updated professional guidance for the prescribers of Specials which is endorsed by the Royal College of General Practitioners, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, and the Royal College of Nursing. In 2012 the National Prescribing Centre and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) published the original [...]

By |2016-06-15T08:26:46+00:00June 15th, 2016|Specials|Comments Off on Updated Guidance for the Prescribers of Specials Published

Action to Tackle Over-Prescribing of Psychotropic Drugs

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has joined forces with NHS England and other professional bodies to pledge action to tackle the over-prescribing of psychotropic drugs to people with learning disabilities. TheStopping Over-Medication of People with Learning Disability (STOMPLD) pledge was also signed by the Department of Health, Royal College of GPs, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Royal [...]

By |2016-06-02T12:42:55+00:00June 3rd, 2016|Disability|Comments Off on Action to Tackle Over-Prescribing of Psychotropic Drugs