The Dementia Commissioning Pack (Department of Health, 2011) included a set of accompanying resources to support the reduction of inappropriate prescribing of antipsychotics.

Assuring quality and safety

• Birmingham City Council, Heart of Birmingham Teaching Primary Care Trust, NHS Birmingham, NHS Birmingham East and North (2010)
• Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (2010)
• Healthcare for London, NHS Commissioning Support for London (2009) Regional CQUIN scheme for London 2010/2011
• NHS Sandwell (2010)
• NHS Telford and Wrekin (2010)
• NHS West Midlands (2010)
• Worcestershire County Council (2010)

Decision support tools

• Keele University (2010)
• NHS Walsall (2010)
• Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust (2010)
• Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust (2010)

Needs assessment

• Healthcare for London, NHS Commissioning Support for London (2009) Dementia needs assessment – London
• Keele University (2009) Prescribing guidelines
• Alzheimer’s Society and the Department of Health (2011) Optimising treatment and care for people with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. A best practice guide for health and social care professionals. London, Alzheimer’s Society.
• Dementia Action Alliance and NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement (2011) The Right Prescription: a call to action on the use of antipsychotic drugs for people with dementia. London, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.
• Dementia Action Alliance and NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement (2011) The Right Prescription: a call to action on the use of antipsychotic drugs for people with dementia. Commitment for commissioners in heath, social care and GP commissioning. London, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.
• Department of Health (2010) Letter from David Nicholson to SHA Chief Executives Implementation of the National Dementia Strategy: local delivery and local accountability
• Department of Health (2009)
• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (2009) NICE technology appraisal TA111 Donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine (review) and memantine for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
• National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (2006) NICE clinical guideline 42 Dementia: Supporting people with dementia and their carers in health and social care
• Professor Sube Banerjee, The Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London (2009) The use of antipsychotic medication for people with dementia: Time for action

Prescribing support materials

• Keele University (2010)
• NHS Hampshire (2010)
• NHS Isle of Wight (2010)
• NHS Isle of Wight (2010)
• NHS Norfolk, Norfolk County Council, Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (2010)
• NHS Norfolk (2010)
• NHS Norfolk (2010)
• NHS Stoke (2010)
• NHS South West Essex (2010)
• NHS Walsall (2010)
• Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (2010)

Undertaking audits

• Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (2011)
  Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust (2009)
• NHS Bedfordshire (2010)
• NHS East of England (2010)
• NHS Hampshire (2010)
• NHS Lambeth (2011)
  NHS London (2011)
  NHS Medway (2010)
• NHS Sutton and Merton (2011)
• NHS Telford and Wrekin (2009)
• NHS Walsall (2009)
• North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust (2010)