Primary care

Calls to reduce 1.6m unnecessary prescriptions

By 2012-02-10T10:41:00

Tamiflu, an antiviral that was used to treat swine flu

Source: PHOTOPQR/LE PARISIEN

Unnecessary prescriptions for antibiotics could be slashed by 1.6 million a year and save the NHS vital funds, researchers have said.

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