The Essential Knowledge Update podcasts provide RCGP members and subscribers with the opportunity to get acquainted with the topics of an Update through a different medium. The podcasts discuss the most important educational messages of an update with the respective authors, adding a further dimension to the learning experience.
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Essential Knowledge Update 9: Long-term Benzodiazepine Withdrawal
In the UK in 2009 there were 4.2 million prescription items dispensed, at a cost of £19 million. Interventions to reduce the number of long term users of Benzodiazepines would have both clinical and economical benefits. This EKU podcast discusses the current issues of Benzodiazepines use in primary care and ways in which it can be reduced with Dr Alan Cohen, Director of Primary Care at the West London Mental Health Trust.