Antibiotics crisis continues to grow, despite GPs being told to stop handing them out because drugs are losing their power
- Concerns are growing that the drugs are losing their power to the extent they can no longer treat many infections.
- It is believed that this is because they have been so overused that bacteria have evolved to become resistant
- Now GPs have been told to slash their use and stop prescribing them for common infections
The antibiotics crisis is getting worse despite GPs being told to stop handing them out, an official report has warned.
There are growing concerns that the drugs are losing their power to the extent they can no longer treat many infections.
Concerns are growing that antibiotics are losing their power to the extent they can no longer treat many infections
Experts say this is because they have been so overused by doctors in the past that bacteria have evolved to become resistant.
GPs have been told to slash their use and stop prescribing them for common infections including sore throats and earaches.
A Government-commissioned report warns that despite these efforts resistance ‘continues to increase’.
‘Current infection prevention and control practices are not adequately working to prevent such infections and outbreaks,’ said a report from the Advisory Committee on Antimicrobial Prescribing, Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infection which was uncovered by Pulse magazine.
‘There is an ongoing clear need to educate the public about using antibiotics only when they are really needed, and a need to ensure that doctors always prescribe according to professional guidance.’
The Department of Health said it had invested more than £615million in research to tackle the problem.
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