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Groupwork Feedback. Top 5 Priorities Quick Actions Longer Term Issues/Actions. Top 5 Priorities. Primary care mental health team development needed as soon as possible. Creating support and generating alternatives Limiting / reducing the prescribing of benzodiazepines
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Groupwork Feedback • Top 5 Priorities • Quick Actions • Longer Term Issues/Actions
Top 5 Priorities • Primary care mental health team development needed as soon as possible. Creating support and generating alternatives • Limiting / reducing the prescribing of benzodiazepines • Use of ‘PCT special measures’- tackling individual practices to get greater consistency • Education: • Public education • Medical education- GPs and Consultants, not forgetting acute hospitals • Broader clinical awareness across teams such as District Nurses • Improving links e.g. with schools and other agencies • Culture change needed • Expertise and data- needs coordinating
Quick Actions • Night sedation policy across Cumbria • Access to non drug strategies • Incentivising reduction in prescriptions- ?QOF • No new automatic repeat prescriptions • Patient information leaflet-Cumbria wide • Dissemination prescription information by practice • Cumbria wide policy and prescribing guidelines • Share best practice e.g. Mary port and St Pauls…. • Simple interventions-e.g. letters, flashcards • Making use of data- better use and spread • Community pharmacists, use their intelligence • Think twice or don’t, if you must make it limited, beyond that strict review-simple messages