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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.

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 11 Aug 201801:20

Credits

RoleContributor
ReporterFaye Kirkland
ProducerHoward Bradburn
DirectorHoward Bradburn
Executive ProducerKaren Wightman
EditorRachel Jupp

Broadcasts

  • Mon 6 Aug 201820:30
  • Mon 6 Aug 201822:40
  • Wed 8 Aug 201803:30
  • Fri 10 Aug 201803:30
  • Sat 11 Aug 201801:20