Urgent action on over-medication
Today NHS England pledged urgent action on over-medication of people with a learning disability. You can read their announcment here. Dan Scorer, our Head of Policy and Viv Cooper, Chief Executive at the Challenging Behaviour Foundation have responded to the news: "The research findings issued today by the NHS shine a light on the shocking scale of the inappropriate use of medication. It is simply outrageous that up to 35,000 adults with a learning disability are being prescribed an antipsychotic, an antidepressant or both without appropriate clinical justification.
27 Jul 2015
