Some prescribed treatments are unnecessary and even harmful, says government-commissioned report.
Many patients are being prescribed unnecessary and even harmful treatments, a report warns.
The more medicines a person takes, the higher the chance that one or more of them will have an unwanted or harmful effect.the medicine is appropriate for a condition but not the individual patientthe patient no longer needs the medicine but continues to be prescribed it Improved patient records and handovers between hospitals and GP surgeries are among the recommendations made in the report.
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