Analysis: The NHS spends millions prescribing common painkillers, sunscreen and gluten-free food The NHS spent more than £100m prescribing common painkillers last year as well as £14m on gluten-free bread and nearly £4m on sunscreen.
The analysis by The Telegraph comes on the same day that NHS chief, Simon Stevens, has announced the NHS will no longer pay for patients to have common over-the-counter medicines and free-from food.
Under the plans outlined by Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, patients will have to cough-up for things like painkillers, sunscreen and gluten-free food.
It forms part of an effort reduce health service spending by £1bn. The Daily Telegraph
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The analysis by The Telegraph comes on the same day that NHS chief, Simon Stevens, has announced the NHS will no longer pay for patients to have common over-the-counter medicines and free-from food.
Under the plans outlined by Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, patients will have to cough-up for things like painkillers, sunscreen and gluten-free food.
It forms part of an effort reduce health service spending by £1bn. The Daily Telegraph
See also:
- Prescription clampdown must not disadvantage vulnerable patients, says RCGP Royal College of General Practitioners
- Prescription cuts are a 'creeping retreat' for NHS The Daily Mail
- NHS prescribing overhaul must not create postcode lottery to cut costs, GPs warn GPonline
- All the medicines under review in NHS consultation on 'low value' treatments The Independent
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