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Reducing inappropriate prescribing
Repeated studies have shown that hypnotics are often prescribed long-term and outside their licence for short term prescribing.
There are legal implications for GPs and practices where patients can demonstrate that they have suffered harm as a result of inappropriate or unlicensed prescribing of hypnotics.