Antibiotics Resistance Issues

Following Welsh model could cut antibiotic use, says report

10 Feb 2012

ALMOST 1.6 million “unnecessary� prescriptions for antibiotics could be prevented if all GPs adopted a new Welsh model, research has suggested.

Unnecessary prescriptions are costing NHS more than £8MILLION a year

9 Feb 2012

Unnecessary prescriptions for antibiotics could be costing GP practices as much as £8.4million a year, according to a study from Cardiff University.

GPs could prescribe 1.6m fewer antibiotics

9 Feb 2012

Nearly one in 20 prescriptions for antibiotics is unnecessary, a study as found, as doctors hand out 1.6 million needless courses every year.