Dispensary Corner 24 Aug 15

August 24, 2015

Controversy has erupted in the UK over calls for sanctions against so-called “soft touch” doctors who are too quick to prescribe antibiotics. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) says that if guidelines on respiratory tract infections were followed then prescription levels would be 22% lower - meaning 10 million less antibiotic prescriptions written every year. Professor Mark Baker from NICE urged regulators to deal with overprescribing doctors who don’t change their habits, with figures indicating that 97% of patients who asked for antibiotics ended up getting them. NICE is proposing that figures be gathered to identify doctors who are too ready to write scripts, as part of the global push against the rise of antibiotic resistance. According to a BBC report, other recommendations suggest ‘delayed prescribing’ where a patient can only use a prescription if their condition worsens, as well as the creation of “antimicrobial stewards” to identify high prescribing levels.

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Pharmacy Daily | Dispensary Corner 24 Aug 15

Dispensary Corner 24 Aug 15

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