Freedom of Information Request – Ref: GHC-26092025-452374
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
For any training materials held by the Trust that relate to withdrawing from, discontinuing or stopping psychiatric drugs in relation to the last 12 months: 26/09/24 – 26/09/25
Our response:
The Trust does not hold any training material that relates to withdrawing from, discontinuing or stopping psychiatric drugs. The Trusts pharmacy team however provide this on a case by case basis as withdrawing from, discontinuing, or stopping psychiatric drugs should be an individualised intervention.
All clinical staff have access to the Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines – this material is not held by the Trust directly but accessed via the ‘Open Athens’ portal for online books/journals, which all clinical staff can utilise. This material has been available to our clinicians continuously since April 2024.
As part of the Trust’s Continuing Medical Education programme, a 1-hour training session on deprescribing was delivered by our Lead Pharmacist for Community MH. This training was delivered to Consultant, SAS and Resident doctors, as well as advanced clinical practitioners/trainee ACPs. The session was held in March 2025 and materials from the session shared with all doctors and ACP/tACP working in our MH services.
Next steps:
Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:
Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk
If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.