GPs 'bullied' into bulk prescribing Tamiflu to whole care homes without necessary testing

[Soroush Ebrahimi]

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Subject: GPs 'bullied' into bulk prescribing Tamiflu to whole care homes without necessary testing
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Friday 9 January 2015
GPs 'bullied' into bulk prescribing Tamiflu to whole care homes without necessary testing
Exclusive Practices in some areas of England are being ‘bullied’ into issuing Tamiflu to all residents of care homes as a precautionary measure, leading to GPs being called out to deal with side effects from patients who had not had flu symptoms in the first place.
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