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Daily Mirror
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Kieren Williams

Huge rise in kids taking sleeping pills as nearly 60,000 prescribed by NHS in one month

The NHS prescribed nearly 60,000 sleeping tablets to children in just one month this year, shows research.

The number of children and young people on melatonin tablets has rocketed 170 per cent since April 2015.

Guidance for recommending melatonin from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is much stricter for children than adults.

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