Hospitals wrongly medicating thousands of dementia patients Almost two-fifths of NHS hospitals are medicating dementia patients with anti-psychotic drugs rather than offering alternative therapies, it has emerged.
Experts have warned the trend is concerning and goes against guidelines by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) which says alternatives should be tried to help prevent patients becoming agitated and confused in hospital. The Independent
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Experts have warned the trend is concerning and goes against guidelines by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) which says alternatives should be tried to help prevent patients becoming agitated and confused in hospital. The Independent
See also:
- Almost 40% of hospitals do not offer non-drug therapies to distressed dementia patients Pharmaceutical Journal
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