Unused prescription medicines cost the NHS £300 million every year – 40% of Brits admit to binning them

Unused prescription drugs

Unused prescription medicines cost the NHS £300 million every year – 40% of Brits admit  binning unused medications, potentially wasting up to an estimated 445 million prescriptions a year. More than a third (36%) of people admit to taking potentially harmful medications, as a result of not checking their use-by date 4 in 10 people […]

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Popping pills, doing drugs: the nurse’s drug round

Drug delivery The Hippocratic ~Post - drugs

Drugs to alleviate symptoms; drugs to prolong life; drugs to counteract side effects of other drugs. Doctors’ prescribing powers in the face of illness have never been greater, and patients’ lists of medicines to take have never been longer. By the time you are receiving care in a nursing home, it is quite likely that […]

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