Deprescribing
In this section you will find helpful resources and links to aid deprescribing.
Prescribing
In this section you will find helpful resources and links to aid deprescribing. This should be a planned and supervised process involving prescriber and patient to ensure medicines that are no longer needed are stopped safely.
For help with deprescribing opioids please see the Pain Management page.
Stopping antidepressants | Royal College of Psychiatrists
Specialist Pharmacy Service: Deprescribing of antidepressants for depression and anxiety
Polypharmacy Guidance:
Appropriate Prescribing
Making medicines safe, effective and sustainable
2026-2029
Polypharmacy Guidance Realistic Prescribing 2018
Polypharmacy and deprescribing- Aide memoire
Supporting you to help reduce problematic polypharmacy, Specialist Pharmacy Service (SPS) have a range of resources available:
Polypharmacy and deprescribing support resources from PrescQIPP which also includes campaign resources for Show Me Your Meds Please.
Resources to support patients having a Structured Medication Review
Care home resources, including good practice information and supporting with structured medication reviews from PrescQIPP.
