System allows doctors to see how many drugs other surgeries hand out in effort to tackle growing problem of antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’GPs are being given a “unusual weapon” in the fight against the growing menace of antibiotic resistance in a tender to encourage them to hand patients fewer of the overused drugs.
Family doctors will be able to compare via computer the amount of antibiotics their surgery is prescribing with other surgeries across England. NHS bosses hope that GPs who realise that they are high prescribers will then reduce the number they hand out and treat patients with some ailments in a different way.
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Source: theguardian.com