STOMP Programme — MRCPsych Paper B MCQ
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Correct answer: B — STOMP
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B is correct. STOMP means Stopping Over Medication of People with a learning disability and autistic people. It is a national NHS England work programme addressing inappropriate psychotropic prescribing across children, young people and adults. It promotes prescribing for the right indication, at the lowest effective dose and for the shortest appropriate duration, with regular person-centred review and a plan to reduce or stop medication when it is no longer beneficial. STAMP is the related paediatric programme, Supporting Treatment and Appropriate Medication in Paediatrics, so it is not the all-age programme described. STOPP and START are unrelated medication-screening acronyms rather than this NHS England learning-disability and autism programme. STAR is not the named national initiative.
Reference: NHS England. Stopping over medication of people with a learning disability and autistic people (STOMP) and supporting treatment and appropriate medication in paediatrics (STAMP). Current webpage, accessed 19 August 2026. https://www.england.nhs.uk/learning-disabilities/improving-health/stomp-stamp/