Audit of antipsychotic prescribing for dementia

Dementia and Antipsychotic Prescribing Audit 2012

The recently published audit of antipsychotic prescribing for dementia shows a 52% decrease in the rate of prescribing between 2008 and 2011.

Prescriptions for antipsychotics in people newly diagnosed (diagnosed each year with a prescription of an antipsychotic within 12 months of diagnosis) with dementia have also reduced from 14.25 per cent in 2006 to 4.46 per cent in 2011which indicates that diagnosis is taking place much earlier.

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