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Action on Britain's epidemic of pill addiction - The Independent 31st October 2009
"The Department of Health has launched a review of the million-plus patients addicted to prescribed drugs in the UK in a tacit admission that attempts to control the problem over the last two decades have failed.
An estimated 1.5 million people are addicted to prescription and over-the-counter drugs including benzodiazepine tranquillisers, sleeping pills such as zoplicone - implicated in the death of Hollywood star Heath Ledger - and painkillers containing codeine. "
Tories slam doctors for drugging children - The Guardian 30th October 2009
"The number of prescriptions issued to children for anti-depressants, anti-psychotic drugs and attention deficit disorder medication has rocketed, according to figures released today.
The increasing use of drugs to treat mental health problems in youngsters is condemned by the Conservative Party which obtained the statistics from the NHS Prescription Pricing Authority."
Rise in youth hyperactivity prescriptions - The Independent 30th October 2009
"The number of prescriptions for drugs to treat hyperactivity in children is on the rise, figures suggested today.
Data obtained by the Conservatives found more than 420,000 prescriptions were written for under-16s in 2007 - up 33 per cent on 2005 figures. "
Use of drugs to treat children with ADHD and depression soars by a third - Daily Mail 30th October 2009
"The number of prescriptions being given to children with hyperactivity, depression and other mental health problems has soared over two years, according to new figures.
Over 420,000 prescriptions were issued to children under 16 with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in 2007 - up 33 per cent since 2005."
Prozac rise 'down to serial use' - BBC Health News 21st October 2009
"An increase in prescriptions for anti-depressants is due to doctors giving drugs to the same people for longer periods of time, a study has found.
Researchers looked at UK prescriptions over nearly a decade, and found that the number of new patients diagnosed with depression had fallen. "
Paramedics may get powers to give drugs to patients - The Guardian 14th August 209
"More patients could avoid going to hospital if paramedics could dispense drugs as demand for ambulance services soars"
Potentially fatal prescription errors hit half of care home residents - Daily Mail 30th September 2009
"More than half of care home residents have been the victim of prescription blunders, an official study suggests.
Slip-ups ranging in severity from clerical errors to life-threatening mistakes affected more than 50 per cent of the pensioners surveyed for the Department of Health. "
Number of children taking anti-obesity drugs rises - The Independent 3rd September 2009
There has been a dramatic rise in the number of children on anti-obesity drugs but most stop taking them before they have any benefit, research found today.
Since 1999, the number of under-18s on the medicines has risen 15-fold across the UK, data showed.
Internet doctor who prescribed drugs while suspended is struck off - Daily Mail 3rd September 2009
A pioneering internet doctor who prescribed drugs to patients online while he was suspended was struck off today.
Dr Julian Eden ran successful online site 'e-med' for five years before he was found guilty of making 'multiple misprescriptions' in 2007 and banned for two years.
Lollipop ladies and gardeners to be ‘swine flu friends’ - The Times 24th July 2009
Lollipop ladies, grass cutters and social workers are to double up as “flu friends” to collect Tamiflu prescriptions for vulnerable people who contract swine flu.
An emergency meeting of town hall leaders in Birmingham today will discuss new contingency guidelines for local authorities to cope with the pandemic, The Times has learnt.
Doctor prescribed sedatives 'for no reason' - The Independent on Sunday 12th July 2009
Five patients died after receiving lethal doses of painkillers that were administered 'without justification', General Medical Council told
Depressed 'denied exercise help' - BBC Health News 30th June 2009
People with depression are still being denied exercise on prescription, a report suggests
In 2004, clinical guidelines recommended exercise as a treatment for mild or moderate depression.
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