With stronger monitoring, education, and person-centred deprescribing, we can help ensure that older people are not harmed by the medicines meant to help them. @deprescribing.bsky.social has a variety of resources available to support deprescribing benzodiazepines: deprescribing.org/resources/de...

It's World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day! 💊 ​

For the UN Decade of Healthy Ageing, the WHO’s new monitoring framework recognises safe medication use as a cornerstone of ageing well, including indicators for older persons:
🔹Prescribed benzodiazepines for >1 year ​
🔹Taking 5+ medications daily

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#DePhaRM group and @frankmoriarty.bsky.social were delighted to welcome Dr Justin Turner (@optimisingrxuse.bsky.social) for today’s @rcsi.bsky.social PBS seminar. He gave an inspiring look at Pharmacist-led #deprescribing in real-world care through the SaferMedsNL initiative. #ImplementationScience

Also: shoutout 📣 to Shirley V Wang & @antonpottegaard.bsky.social for their brilliant webinar with www.pharmacoepi.org. Our team tuned in together 👏
We’ll apply for transparency badges at ISPE 2026🎖

Great 2nd DIAMOND Steering Group meeting today on #WorldHealthDay, bringing together diverse expertise in: 
📈 Biostatistics & Data Science 
🏥 Health Services Research & GP
💊 Pharmacy & Pharmacoepidemiology 
🗣️ Patient & Public Involvement
Details here: diamond-deprescribing.eu/team/. #HopefulFutures

Medication needs change across life. On #WorldHealthDay, we launch DIAMOND: Developing Innovative Analytical Methods for research ON Deprescribing. Funded by Wellcome, this research advances methods for studying effects of deprescribing using big data. 🌐 www.diamond-deprescribing.eu #HopefulFutures