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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ian Sample Science editor

Thérèse Coffey criticised for giving leftover antibiotics to a friend

Thérèse Coffey
Thérèse Coffey’s comments to civil servants have provoked disbelief among medical professionals. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Doctors have rounded on the health secretary, Thérèse Coffey, after she admitted to sharing prescription medicines with others, actions the British Medical Association described as both dangerous and against the law.

Coffey told civil servants in a meeting last month that she had given leftover antibiotics to a poorly friend, an admission that came as the discussion on how to alleviate pressures on struggling GPs moved on to public behaviour around antibiotics.

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