NHS spending on drugs fell in 2011

NHS spending on drugs fell in 2011: The NHS in England spent less on its drugs budget last year, bucking the longstanding upward trend.This is because a number of major drugs have lost patent protection in the last few years. The NHS in England spent ;8.81 billion for all of its prescription medicines in primary care last year, a 0.1% drop compared to the ;8.83 billion spent in 2010. The data comes from the NHS Information Centre and shows that amount spent on prescription drugs by GPs in England.read more