Welcome to the Polypharmacy Action Learning Sets resource page.
We hope you enjoyed the programme. This resource page is intended to support you in sharing the discussions about Polypharmacy within your Practice and/or Primary Care Network.
We hope that you will use the learning from the Medicines Optimisation Polypharmacy Action Learning Set programme together with the resources below to start to try to address this topic locally.
In addition to the general resources, we have themed the resources into three key areas;
Please feel free to use the resources at will but do ensure all logos and credits are left unaltered.
If you have any feedback on these resources please email Medicines.Optimisation@wessexahsn.net
We wish you well with this important work.
General resources to support discussion around Polypharmacy
Polypharmacy comparators video
GMS QOF Contract Guidance 2019-2020
NHS Scotland Polypharmacy Online Learning I
NHS Scotland Polypharmacy Guidance II
Slides for Sharing Learning with GPs
Speaker notes to accompany GP slides
ALS take away editable feedback
Data
NHS BSA National Polypharmacy Comparators Summary Slide
North East Hampshire and Farnham CCG Case Study
How to request NHS numbers: Request procedure
Shared Decision Making
Lessons from the MAGIC programme
Example of a bad medication review
Language to support better medication review
How to stop medicines safely
Patient overusing antianxiety Levy et al
Minimal interventions to decrease long term use
GP Mindlines on deprescribing antihypertensives safely
Deprescribing resources - Primary Health Tasmania
Supporting better medication reviews
Non drug interventions: RACGP - HANDI interventions
Lelly Oboh Principles of a Structured Medication Review
Additional resources and links to webpages