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“It was the dirty end of winter” (thanks Nick Cave), as I began writing this last month. A time when COVID-19 was once again on the rise, everyone seemed to be sick with a range of ills – the quieter roads were a good indication – but over-riding everything was the ongoing exhaustion, despondency and low morale. And not just in healthcare!
In this article, Sue Frankland looks at the global problem of wastage of medications, including causes such as overprescribing and non-adherence. She also presents information from her master’s dissertation on how people understand, and respond to, medication expiration dates
Why recognising the signs of dehydration is important...
