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Nhs To Ration Drugs Available Over The Counter
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At last some common sense! I know some on this site will scream "free everything, cradle to grave" but let's do something about the wasteful prescribing. My 97 year ld Mother was prescribed Paracetamol and was very upset that she had been buying these for sometime from Tesco for 19p a pack. The NHS also provided equipment for her to keep her in her home but she was a proud woman and kept telling me she can pay for it, and her own care. After she died it was very difficult to arrange collection for this equipment, which included a hospital vibration bed worth £1,000. I wrot a letter to the local newspaper and they suddenly collected the equipment. I have NHS hearing aids and can obtain batteries free but I buy my own. Every little helps! There is huge waste in the NHS. I went to see Margaret Hodge at a Literature Festival a couple of years ago and she was Chair of the Finance Select Committee (Labour MP) and she railed at the NHS incompetence and waste.
At last some common sense! I know some on this site will scream "free everything, cradle to grave" but let's do something about the wasteful prescribing. My 97 year ld Mother was prescribed Paracetamol and was very upset that she had been buying these for sometime from Tesco for 19p a pack. The NHS also provided equipment for her to keep her in her home but she was a proud woman and kept telling me she can pay for it, and her own care. After she died it was very difficult to arrange collection for this equipment, which included a hospital vibration bed worth £1,000. I wrot a letter to the local newspaper and they suddenly collected the equipment. I have NHS hearing aids and can obtain batteries free but I buy my own. Every little helps! There is huge waste in the NHS. I went to see Margaret Hodge at a Literature Festival a couple of years ago and she was Chair of the Finance Select Committee (Labour MP) and she railed at the NHS incompetence and waste.
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I also agree with this decision,
10:02 Fri 01st Dec 2017
I too buy my own batteries...and I buy my own paracetamol. You have made an excellent observation. Sadly, what you've shared is far worse than what you've shared.
I do volunteer work and I cannot tell you how many of the old dears are guilty of repeatedly ticking virtually every single prescription on their list for repeat, regardless of whether they need them or not.
About 8 months ago, one old dear who passed away, leaving me with the sadness, disgust, and amazement of emptying her sad little flat had a cupboard containing over 122 boxes of a anti-hypertensive medication. Many of the boxes had already expired, making it impossible for the chemist to accept them back for donation. (I did find a group outside of the UK who were grateful for them, but that's not the point.)
Yes, we have a serious problem and it's getting worse. Personally, I've always endorsed the idea of imposing a fee for any doctor appointments missed, due to failure to cancel in advance. I'd endorse allowing one or two 'boo boo's ' each year, but this chronic failure to appear nonsense is beyond the pale.
Well done you for bring up the issue. And just as an aside, whilst I can't deliver a bed back into the system, this year I think I've surreptitiously dropped off eight zimmer frames at our local hospital.
I find it's much easier to live by the adage "it is much easier to get forgiveness than it is to get permission!"
Perhaps if enough of us spoke to our MP's, someone would table some of these simple ideas to help effect change.
But for now....well done you!
Ollie+
I do volunteer work and I cannot tell you how many of the old dears are guilty of repeatedly ticking virtually every single prescription on their list for repeat, regardless of whether they need them or not.
About 8 months ago, one old dear who passed away, leaving me with the sadness, disgust, and amazement of emptying her sad little flat had a cupboard containing over 122 boxes of a anti-hypertensive medication. Many of the boxes had already expired, making it impossible for the chemist to accept them back for donation. (I did find a group outside of the UK who were grateful for them, but that's not the point.)
Yes, we have a serious problem and it's getting worse. Personally, I've always endorsed the idea of imposing a fee for any doctor appointments missed, due to failure to cancel in advance. I'd endorse allowing one or two 'boo boo's ' each year, but this chronic failure to appear nonsense is beyond the pale.
Well done you for bring up the issue. And just as an aside, whilst I can't deliver a bed back into the system, this year I think I've surreptitiously dropped off eight zimmer frames at our local hospital.
I find it's much easier to live by the adage "it is much easier to get forgiveness than it is to get permission!"
Perhaps if enough of us spoke to our MP's, someone would table some of these simple ideas to help effect change.
But for now....well done you!
Ollie+
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