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Module Summary

GP and professor of primary care Dr Tony Avery and PCN pharmacist Ojali Yusuff answer questions on polypharmacy and deprescribing

Learning Objectives

This module includes discussion of: 

  • Identification of counter-productive polypharmacy 
  • The use of screening tools, such as STOPP and START
  • Rationalising repeats on discharge
  • Medication considerations in the very elderly
Author

Dr Tony Avery is a GP and professor of primary care in Nottingham

Ojali Yusuff is a PCN pharmacist in Nottingham

Date module published

Sep 16, 2021

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