The HSE has written to all GPs outlining their levels of benzodiazepine and other hypnotics GMS prescribing in a new initiative to encourage better quality prescribing of these drugs.
GPs will receive individualised and confidential reports every three months. The first reports were issued in early February, and are based on prescriptions dispensed in November 2011.
The reports, which are compiled from PCRS data on the number of benzodiazepine and hypnotics prescriptions dispensed by pharmacists, will allow GPs to see exactly how many times they have prescribed these drugs in the preceding months.
Source: June Shannon, Medical Independent, 22/03/2012
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