"It's a ground breaking initiative with the potential to educate clinicians and patients," Wells says. "The National Prescribing Service are coordinating the campaign."
She says there's a list of 27 procedures and medications that can often provide no or limited benefit to the patient and in some cases can lead to harm.
Stewardship toolkit for clinical educators
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