Deprescribing in Guidelines International Consortium

Context

Deprescribing recommendations are becoming an increasingly important component of clinical practice guidelines as health systems confront rising multimorbidity, polypharmacy, and medication‑related harm.

Integrating deprescribing evidence into treatment guidelines supports patient‑centred medication management across the full course of care, yet explicit guidance on when and how to deprescribe remains limited and inconsistent.

About us

The Deprescribing in Guidelines International Consortium (56 members from 18 countries across all continents) brings together researchers, clinicians, guideline developers, consumers, policymakers, and organisations to develop resources that support guideline developers in integrating deprescribing recommendations into clinical practice guidelines.

Our work

Our program of research comprises a scoping review, qualitative interviews with international guideline developers and healthcare professionals, a large survey of >750 clinicians from over 60 countries, and expert workshops with guideline developers and interest-holders from 19 countries. Together, this program informed the development of two sets of guiding principles:

  1. General principles to provide guidance to facilitate the process of integrating deprescribing recommendations into clinical practice guidelines.
  2. Recommendation principles to provide guidance on the ideal content, language, and format of deprescribing recommendations.

Published outputs from this program will be linked here as they become available. The remaining components are currently being finalised for publication, and additional links will be added in due course.

Our members

Co-Leads: Emily Reeve (AU), Shin Liau (AU)

Consortium members: Aili Langford (AU),  Alpana Mair (UK),  Amir Qaseem (US),  Andrew Hutchinson (UK),  Anne Spinewine (BE),  Ariel Green (US),  Barbara Farrell (CA),  Carina Lundby (DK),  Carl Schneider (AU),  Carolyn Gall Casey (CA),  Clare Howard (UK),  Cynthia Boyd (US),  Danielle Pollock (AU),  Danijela Gnjidic (AU),  Denise O'Connor (AU),  Emily McDonald (CA),  Etienne Ngeh (CM),  Eveline van Poelgeest (NL),  Frank Moriarty (IE),  Fumihiro Mizokami (JP),  Grace Wangge (ID),  Heath White (AU),  Heather Evans (NZ),  Ian Perera (PL),  Iván D. Flórez (CO),  Jacqueline Ho (MY),  Jako Burgers (NL),  Jane Curtis (AU),  Jane Thompson (AU),  Janet Wale (AU),  Jessica Gibney (AU),  Joanne Ho (CA),  Jonathan Lam (CA),  Julia Bareham (CA),  Kari Tikkinen (FI),  Karolina Piotrowicz (PL),  Laurent Dupuis (CA),  Lindsay Bevan (CA),  Lisa McCarthy (CA),  Luciane Cruz Lopes (BR),  Melanie Rosella (AU),  Mike Steinman (US),  Mirko Petrovic (BE),  Nagham Ailabouni (AU),  Nicholas Chatres (AU),  Nicolás Martínez Velilla (ES),  Nor Asiah Muhamad (MY),  Opeyemi Babatunde (UK),  Petra Denig (NL),  Petra Thuermann (DE),  Ray Moynihan (AU),  Reina Taguchi (JP),  Roberta James (UK),  Robyn Abrahams (AU),  Roxana De las salas (CO),  Sarah Jennings (CA),  Simone van Dulmen (NL),  Stephen Grady (AU),  Sue Brennan (AU),  Tijn Kool (NL),  Tim Barker (AU),  Wade Thompson (CA),  Zachary Munn (AU).

For further information or to connect with the Consortium, please contact Emily Reeve (emily.reeve@monash.edu) and Shin Liau (shin.liau@monash.edu).