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Prescribing Safety

Principles of safe and effective prescribing.

Reviewed by Dr Kola Tytler MBBS CertHE MBA MRCGP (General Practitioner)
Last reviewed: 21 October 2025
PharmacologyGeneral Practice

Clinical Guidelines

NICE guideline [NG215]: Medicines associated with dependence or withdrawal symptoms: safe prescribing and withdrawal management for adults
National
Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids – United States, 2022
Local
Polypharmacy Guidance, Realistic Prescribing 3rd Edition, 2018
Local
Practice guidance for prescribing safety: quality improvement project
Local
Prescribing drugs of dependence in general practice, Part A
Local
Supporting junior doctors in safe prescribing
Local

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