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Doctors should snoop on their colleagues to ensure they are not prescribing too many antibiotics, the NHS in England suggests.
It is one of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommendations to avert the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance.
Its draft guidelines also say doctors need to say no to pushy patients.
They add that it is time to "turn this tanker around" after years of failed policies to cut antibiotic use.
Figures show a 6% increase in antibiotic prescriptions between 2010 and 2013, with half deemed "inappropriate".
That is despite repeated warnings that one of doctors' best weapons is about to be ripped out of their hands by the rise of resistant bugs.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31490652
It is one of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommendations to avert the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance.
Its draft guidelines also say doctors need to say no to pushy patients.
They add that it is time to "turn this tanker around" after years of failed policies to cut antibiotic use.
Figures show a 6% increase in antibiotic prescriptions between 2010 and 2013, with half deemed "inappropriate".
That is despite repeated warnings that one of doctors' best weapons is about to be ripped out of their hands by the rise of resistant bugs.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31490652