James Bashford

TL;DR: In this large cohort of patients attending UK primary care, anxiolytic and hypnotic drugs were associated with significantly increased risk of mortality over a seven year period, after adjusting for a range of potential confounders.

TL;DR: Changes in recorded morbidity associated with new prescriptions of proton pump inhibitors did not necessarily reflect changes in licensed indications, although general practitioners seemed to respond to changes in licensing, particularly for duodenal and gastric disease, prescribing for unlicensed indications non-ulcer dyspepsia and non-specific abdominal pain increased.

TL;DR: Designers of decision support systems for use in primary care consultations must account for the practical needs of users when developing computerised support systems.

TL;DR: Overall antibiotic prescribing declined by 16 per cent between 1993 and 1997, primarily for respiratory conditions, and the need for regular epidemiological data to inform the debate on antibiotic prescribing is highlighted.

TL;DR: There has been demonstrable impact since the publication of the SMAC recommendation to limit prescribing for uncomplicated cystitis to 3 days in otherwise fit women and for two recommendations the impact has been less clear against the background of a general reduction in antimicrobial prescribing.