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Need to curb patients expectations for ‘magic’ pills
NHS England recently published detailed plans to cut out prescriptions for ineffective, over-priced & low value treatments.  Helping to trim hundreds of £ms from the nation’s rapidly growing drugs bill will create headroom to reinvest all savings in newer & more effective NHS medicines and treatments.
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NHS England launches action plan to drive out wasteful & ineffective drug prescriptions, saving NHS over £190m a year

Patients Association: new drug rules are in many ways sensible, but NHS England is in danger of leaving patients behind in its rush to implement them

Every little helps

Antidepressants were the area with largest increase in prescription items in 2016

Cancer Research UK:  Prescription history could help GPs diagnose cancer earlier

Free prescriptions are a long term investment in people’s health – Vaughan Gething

The Patients Association respond to prescription changes
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