110 Million Unnecessary Medicines Prescribed in England Each Year: Review Estimates

110 Million Unnecessary Medicines Prescribed in England Each Year: Review Estimates
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An estimated 110 million medicine items prescribed by doctors in England each year are not needed, a government-commissioned review into overprescribing has found.

The government vowed to tackle the problem after the new review was published on Wednesday.