Guidance impact on primary care prescribing rates of simple analgesia: an interrupted time series analysis in England.
Hannah ReichelRhian StanbrookHans JohnsonWilliam ProtoMary ShantikumarPooja BakhshiSarah Christine HillmanDan TodkillSaran ShantikumarPublished in: The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners (2021)
Guidance publication was associated with a small reduction in the prescribing rates of simple analgesia across England, without evidence of creating additional health inequality. Careful implementation by CCGs would be required to optimise cost saving to the NHS.