The data shows a total of 1.1bn items were prescribed by doctors in England in 2014, including widely available products such as Colgate toothpaste
Patients are being prescribed over-the-counter toothpastes, sun creams and multivitamins on the NHS at a cost of millions of pounds, figures suggest.
The data, published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre, shows a total of 1.1bn items were prescribed by doctors in England in 2014, representing a 3% rise on the previous year.
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