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    BBC News (UK)‏Verified account @BBCNews Sep 21

    NHS to save 'hundreds of millions' in landmark drug rulinghttps://bbc.in/2Dfqt9E 

    3:38 AM - 21 Sep 2018
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    • Chris C Julia Farrington Somon Ahmed ##Eastside## $_Ali.hosseiny Mary Aylward SanTosH ThuLunG Karl Neubauer ポルシェ
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      2.  🇬🇧 RantsOfMEB  🇬🇧‏ @car_cctv Sep 21
        Replying to @BBCNews

        Next , stop prescribing Paracetamol and Ibuprofen, then get doctors to give the patients 50p and send them to Aldi to get them. Immediate saving of £8 per prescription.

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      3. gary cameron‏ @The_TrueProject Sep 21
        Replying to @car_cctv @BBCNews

        Thats not how paracetamol works on the nhs. Nhs get a pack for about 10-15p Sells on thru prescription fee. Giving the nhs £8 profit.

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      4. Tysha‏ @tyshadragon Sep 21
        Replying to @The_TrueProject @car_cctv @BBCNews

        Not according to the NHS: https://www.england.nhs.uk/2017/11/prescription-curbs-to-free-up-hundreds-of-millions-of-pounds-for-frontline-care/ … "paracetamol is an average of four times as expensive when provided on prescription by the NHS, ..'snipped'... It can costs around £34 for 32 on prescription including dispensing and GP consultation fees."

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      1. Antony‏ @AntAntonyAnt Sep 21
        Replying to @BBCNews

        ...a small drop in the ocean of procurement wastage in the #NHS.

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      1. pigeonplanet‏ @pigeonplanet1 Sep 21
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        "... the saving could amount to £500 million a year. This amounts to one district hospital being built annually." Translated: "... This amounts to us being able to spend more on useless third party middle management and consultants."

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      2. James Daniel Malin‏ @JDMalin Sep 21
        Replying to @BBCNews

        This should be only the start! The NHS should not be held to ransom by pharmaceutical companies. Profit is one thing but extortion is another! #NHS

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      1. DSFAT‏ @Duncanspall1 Sep 21
        Replying to @BBCNews

        How much could the NHS save if they rolled this out for all Meds !!! Billions ££££'s The big drug companies will be panicking and that has to be great news 🙌

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      1. Emma Dimelow‏ @EmmaDimelow Sep 22
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        This new drug is all well & good but patient that suffer with these eye conditions can’t get seen & lose their sight. My grandad has wet macular degeneration and should be seen every 6 weeks for treatment he’s not been seen for 8 months! Will this new treatment improve the wait?

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      1. Rich Redfern‏ @Redfern87 Sep 21
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        It's time for a state-owned pharmaceutical company that makes medication exclusively for the NHS at cost.

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      1. Nigel Baker‏ @NigelBa98232658 Sep 21
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        Bad grammar from BBC again, it is either Doctors say or Doctor says, it is not Doctors says.

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      1. ##Eastside##‏ @MMCORE1 Sep 21
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        About time...

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