Antibiotics prescribed in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2017, by antibiotic group
In 2017, penicillins were by the far the most prescribed antibiotic group in primary and secondary care in the United Kingdom (UK). 67 percent of all antibiotics prescribed in the UK in 2017 belonged to the penicillin group. Tetracyclines and Macrolides followed with a ten and nine percent share of prescribed antibiotics respectively.