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Despite clinical guidelines discouraging their use, PIPs remain frequent in primary care. An audit and feedback (A&F) intervention of PIPs to general practitioners (GPs), led by pharmacists, may reduce the prescription of PIPs in primary care.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods and analysis<\/jats:title>\n A two-arm, pragmatic, controlled trial will be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of an A&F-based intervention and a pharmacist-led intervention to reduce the proportion of patients aged \u226565 years receiving inappropriate prescriptions. A total of 170 participating GPs, 85 per group, are required. GPs will be randomised into intervention or control groups (1:1). The intervention includes feedback reports, pharmacist-led academic detailing and access to online training modules. The primary outcome is the proportion of older adults receiving at least one PIP at 12\u2009months as well as the total number of PIPs. 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