Case studies
Not sure where to start with deprescribing and/or using our toolkit? We have some helpful case studies to help you think about how you might start either in your own professional practice or within your healthcare team. If you would like to be added to our case studies page, please get in touch by emailing SCCG.MO@nhs.net
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Gabapentinoid deprescribing in Sunderland
Anna Creber is a Senior Clinical Pharmacist in the Sunderland North Primary Care Network. She incorporated the patient checklist questions from our toolkit into her Structured Medication Review (SMR) invitation letters. Anna’s Structured Medication Review (SMR) invitation letters were sent out to patients before conducting a SMR over the phone.
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Getting started with deprescribing in primary care
The ‘Are the medicines working?’ toolkit was designed following an Academic Health Sciences Network North East and North Cumbria funded project exploring barriers to deprescribing in the primary care setting. A summary of the project and its outputs are below. In 2019, NHS Sunderland Clinical Commissioning Group was awarded project…
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