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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent

Experts call for fewer antidepressants to be prescribed in UK

A doctor writing a prescription form for medication on a prescription pad
A total of 8.6 million patients in England were prescribed antidepressants in 2022-23. Photograph: Imagedoc/Alamy

Medical experts and politicians have called for the amount of antidepressants being prescribed to people across the UK to be reduced in an open letter to the government.

The letter coincides with the launch of the all-party parliamentary group Beyond Pills, which aims to reduce what it calls the UK healthcare system’s over-reliance on prescription medication.

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