Online Doctors Uncovered
Panorama goes undercover to reveal online doctor sites putting profit before patient care. Dr Faye Kirkland exposes the sites running rings around the regulators.
Panorama goes undercover to reveal online doctor sites putting profit before patient care. In 2017 the Care Quality Commission issued a warning about the risks of buying drugs prescribed by doctors online. The programme discovers opiate-based painkillers and slimming tablets being sold to potentially vulnerable people and antibiotics being delivered across Europe in the face of warnings about resistance.
Dr Faye Kirkland, journalist and GP, meets the families of patients who have died after online consultations and exposes the sites running rings around the regulators.
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Duration: 01:09
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Reporter | Faye Kirkland |
| Producer | Howard Bradburn |
| Director | Howard Bradburn |
| Executive Producer | Karen Wightman |
| Editor | Rachel Jupp |
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