Wisbech GP prescribing opioids in high amounts rated inadequate
The CQC say the surgery has one of highest opioid prescription rates in England. Source link
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NHS England to stop prescribing puberty blockers
The BBC understands that the new policy, confirmed on Tuesday, will not allow them to be prescribed “routinely” outside of a research trial, but that individual clinicians can still apply to have the drugs funded for patients on a case-by-case basis. Source link
Doctors Prescribing Opioids to COVID ‘Long Haulers’
Wednesday, April 28, 2021 (Kaiser News) — Covid survivors are at risk from a possible second pandemic, this time of opioid addiction, given the high rate of painkillers being prescribed to these patients, health experts say. A new study in Nature found alarmingly high rates of opioid use among covid survivors with lingering symptoms … Read more