No more painkillers and gluten-free food on the NHS as health service head launches cost-cutting drive The NHS will no longer pay for everyday medicines, including painkillers and cough mixture, the head of the health service has said.
Simon Stevens has outlined plans for patients to have to pay for basic items, like hay fever drugs, indigestion pills and gluten-free food, in a money-saving drive.
The cuts are part of new measures to reduce £1 billion of costs in the health service, which is struggling to cope with a surge in demand caused by an expanding population. The Daily Telegraph
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Simon Stevens has outlined plans for patients to have to pay for basic items, like hay fever drugs, indigestion pills and gluten-free food, in a money-saving drive.
The cuts are part of new measures to reduce £1 billion of costs in the health service, which is struggling to cope with a surge in demand caused by an expanding population. The Daily Telegraph
See also:
- NHS funding review for gluten-free food BBC News
- Dramatic drive to cut NHS costs unveiled The Daily Mail
- NHS draws up list of items to be banned from prescriptions The Guardian
- Travel jabs and gluten-free food may no longer be available on NHS under ‘low-value’ prescription crackdown The Independent
- NHS funding review: What medicines could be affected? ITV News
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