Thursday 5 July 2012

Unused medication a huge cost to NHS

Unused medication a huge cost to NHS:

Unused medication returned to pharmacists could be costing the NHS as much as £150 million a year.
Drugs returned to the chemist cannot be re-used and is incinerated rather than re-dispensedThe NHS spends £12bn a year in England on medicines, about a tenth of its budget, with £8bn of that spent in primary care.
The figures come at a time that the NHS is having to make £20bn in savings and also...Healthcare Today

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