Prescriptions to display drug cost

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Prescriptions to display drug cost
1 July 2015
From the section Health

Packets of prescription medication will display how much their contents have cost taxpayers, under government plans.

The figure and the words "funded by the UK taxpayer" will be added to all packs costing more than £20 in England.

It is part of efforts to reduce the £300m bill for "wasted" medication, which is prescribed but not used.

The health secretary said there was no such thing as a free health service and this would reduce waste by reminding people of the cost of medicine.

Jeremy Hunt added: "Everything we are proud of in the NHS is funded by taxpayers, and every penny we waste costs patients more through higher taxes or reduced services."

Neal Patel, from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, said: "We know that around 30 to 50% of patients don't use their medicines as intended and there is around £150 million of avoidable medicines waste.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-33345356

[annie]

People who abuse the service will continue , no matter what they do