The NPIs for 2019–2020 comprise eleven measures, each of which has been organised into one of three categories with a focus on safety, stewardship or efficiency. The new or updated NPIs for 2019–2020 include:
- Monitoring of sodium valproate prescribing in female patients aged 14–45 has been added to the Prescribing Safety Indicators
- Proton pump inhibitor indicator has been moved from the Efficiency category to the Safety category
- Opioid burden measure has been added as part of the Analgesics indicator.
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