These sessions are for GPs and primary care clinicians with 12 months’ prescribing experience, from the Wessex, Oxford & Thames Valley, West of England and South West health innovation network regions.

The Polypharmacy Action Learning Set (ALS) is an evidence-based learning model developed by Health Innovation Wessex (formerly Wessex AHSN) in partnership with Health Education England. Join our Polypharmacy ALS to help build your confidence in, and understanding of, the complex issues surrounding stopping inappropriate medicines safely. Delegates need to attend all three sessions.

The ALS will also help Primary Care Networks (PCNs) deliver the Medicines Optimisation elements of the Directed Enhanced Services and Investment and Impact Fund contracts, and meet recommendation 18 of the National Overprescribing Review report.

This online interactive course is held over three half days (9:30 – 12pm):

Session 1: Wednesday 12 February: Polypharmacy – the scale, impact and challenges around stopping medicines safely. We will define inappropriate medicines and look at the patient perspective.

Session 2: Wednesday 5 March: What tools are available to help? We will explore shared decision making, the evidence and tools to help conduct high quality medication reviews.

Session 3: Wednesday 26 March: Workshop and facilitated discussions with consultant geriatricians to share experience of medication reviews and consolidate learning.

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