I have seen this morning it makes very interesting reading, click on the link below
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7366416.stm
Laylabud
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7366416.stm
Laylabud
Wow, my heart sank when I read the title, Laylabud!
The prescribe and forget culture is the most damaging.
The committee looked at the prescription of antipsychotics to care home residents.
It concluded that around 70% of prescriptions are inappropriate, equating to around 105,000 people with dementia.
People also often stayed on the medication for far longer than was necessary, it concluded.
The MPs propose a five-point plan to address the issue for inclusion in the government's National Dementia Strategy, due to be published later this year.
* Specialist dementia training for all care home staff
* Families to be involved in all decisions about giving the drugs
* More support for care home staff from GPs, psychiatrists and psychiatric nurses
* Compulsory patient reviews every 12 weeks
* A cost-effectiveness review by NICE, the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence and a national audit by the Care Quality Commission, which supervises care homes
Jeremy Wright MP, chairman of the group, said: "The government must end this needless abuse and make the five-point-plan a key element of the strategy.
"Safeguards must be put in place to ensure antipsychotics are always a last resort."
He added: "We need to include families in decisions, give people with dementia regular reviews and equip care staff with specialist training.