Pushy patients demanding pills from their GPs will have to be told a firm 'no', a watchdog has warned.New medical guidelines aimed at combating superbugs focus in particular on antibiotics being handed out for minor infections and ailments which would clear up with time.The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) estimates that 97 per cent of patients who ask for antibiotics are prescribed them and that nine out of ten GPs feel 'pressured' to hand over prescriptions.It is...
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