Primary care – prescribing and reviewing psychotropic medications and treatment plans for people with a learning disability and autistic people.
This webinar will support pharmacists working in primary care when prescribing and reviewing psychotropic medications for people with a learning disability and autistic people.
Key learning outcomes:
- Better understand how to implement reasonable adjustments in practice
- Identify inappropriate prescribing of psychotropics in people with a learning disability
- Be aware of tools to measure and assess behaviours or symptoms that might prompt psychotropic prescribing
- Describe the risks and harms caused by antipsychotic prescribing in this population
- Monitor for side effects from psychotropics effectively
- Take steps to reduce harm from medicines in this population, through either deprescribing or appropriate side effect management
- Carry out a holistic medication review using tailored resources and expert knowledge to optimise medicines.