Prescriptions

• Why is antibiotic resistance increasing despite a 17% drop in prescriptions?

  • PostedNovember 4, 2019

  Despite a 17% drop in antibiotic prescriptions given out by GPs over the last five years, the number of antibiotic-resistant infections continues to rise. Public Health England encourages GPs and...

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• Number of children on antidepressants is rising

  • PostedJuly 25, 2018

  The number of children being prescribed antidepressants in the UK has risen over the last three years. In England, the number of children on antidepressants has gone up by 15%....

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