Doctors have drawn up a list of dozens of treatments they say are of little or no use.
It is part of a campaign to cut down on unnecessary procedures with the warning that “more doesn’t always mean better”.
Tips include using tap water to clean up cuts and grazes is just as good as saline solution and a plaster cast is not always needed for children’s wrist fractures.
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