Thérèse Coffey criticised for giving leftover antibiotics to a friend

Health secretary accused of monumental stupidity' for saying she had shared a prescribed medication

Doctors have rounded on the health secretary, Therese 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.