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Unused medicines: "GPs are the ones that sign the form"
Carol Ketchley from Hertfordshire says that when her father died, she found 11 carrier bags of unused prescription medication in his house. A goverment report found that 拢300m of prescription medication is thrown away each year.
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Medicine prescription waste—5 Live Breakfast, 22/07/2013
拢300m of prescription drugs are thrown away each year. Hear from doctors and campaigners.
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