Recovery Orientated Prescribing
and Medicines Management

Medication is often a significant part of the intervention that is offered to people who use mental health services but limited guidance has been available on the use of medication to support personal recovery. 

The Recovery and Independent Living PEG have carried out a project to develop such guidance and have now produced an advisory paper.

The paper can be used by workers to support them in putting recovery principles into practice in relation to prescribing and medicines management.

The paper recommends that medication be seen as a tool that individuals can choose to use in different ways at different times to achieve their personal recovery goals.

The paper recognises that all workers have a role in supporting people in deciding how best to use medication, through helping them understand the possible costs and benefits for them and considering additional or alternative strategies for their managing difficulties or improving their well being.

The paper also contains specific guidance for prescribers in adopting a collaborative approach to prescribing and provides guidance for situations where people are no longer able to make decisions about their medication.

To download the paper, please click here (pdf, 22 pages)

There is also a summary document available in a fold-up format here. (pdf, 4 pages)