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Make Anticholinergic Burden scores mandatory for all over 65

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closedDepartment of Health and Social CareOpened 5 December 2025Closed 5 June 2026

Background

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

Additional details

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.

Where it’s popular

Constituencies with the most signatures on this petition.

Ossett and Denby DaleJade Botterill
22
Sussex WealdMs Nusrat Ghani
4
Croydon EastNatasha Irons
3
Colne ValleyPaul Davies
2
South West DevonRebecca Smith
2
Bexhill and BattleDr Kieran Mullan
2
Birmingham Perry BarrAyoub Khan
2
Beckenham and PengeLiam Conlon
2
Bradford EastImran Hussain
1
Croydon WestSarah Jones
1
Bournemouth WestJessica Toale
1
IpswichJack Abbott
1
DartfordJim Dickson
1
Dewsbury and BatleyIqbal Mohamed
1
ChorleySir Lindsay Hoyle
1
Harborough, Oadby and WigstonNeil O'Brien
1
Exmouth and Exeter EastDavid Reed
1
CheltenhamMax Wilkinson
1
East WiltshireDanny Kruger
1
East SurreyClaire Coutinho
1

Source: UK Government & Parliament Petitions service. Petition ID: 741146.