Unused prescription medicines cost the NHS £300 million every year – 40% of Brits admit to binning them

Unused prescription drugs

Unused prescription medicines cost the NHS £300 million every year – 40% of Brits admit  binning unused medications, potentially wasting up to an estimated 445 million prescriptions a year. More than a third (36%) of people admit to taking potentially harmful medications, as a result of not checking their use-by date 4 in 10 people […]

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Amnesty for antibiotics

The problem of antibiotic resistance is real and it has to be tackled on many fronts. The scale of the problem should not be underestimated. It is no longer a worry for the future, it is happening right now in many parts of the world including the UK. We are already seeing bacteria becoming resistant […]

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