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Make Anticholinergic Burden scores mandatory for all over 65

Submitted by Nick Sterling on Monday 15th September 2025

Published on Friday 5th December 2025

Current status: Open

Open until: Friday 5th June 2026

Current Signatures: 76
(count is updated approximately hourly)

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65 ~ Awareness ~ Challenger ~ DHSC ~ Families ~ fund ~ Loss ~ Mandate ~ Mandatory ~ Memorial ~ Nice ~ Save Lives ~ training

Petition Action

Make Anticholinergic Burden scores mandatory for all over 65

Petition Details

Require the Government and DHSC to recommend NICE mandate ACB scoring in all medication reviews for patients over 65.

Additional Information

High Anticholinergic Burden (ACB) scores are linked to memory loss, confusion, falls, and premature death. Mandatory scoring during medication reviews could save lives, reduce harm, and empower families to ask the right questions. Funding should support prescriber training and awareness so patients and carers can challenge unsafe prescribing.


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