Volume Seven Issue Two 2015
HEALTH DEPARTMENTS WALK THE MEDICINES LEGISLATION AND
REGULATION TIGHTROPE
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Free prescriptions to remain, says Health Secretary
ALSO INSIDE: COVERAGE FROM THE FIFTH NES PHARMACY CONFERENCE • DIABETES IN FOCUS
STANDING FIRM ON
PRESCRIPTIONS
The news comes despite survey results from the start of this year showing almost half of Scots would back a return of prescription charges to tackle funding shortfalls in the NHS.
eople in Scotland are continuing to benefit from not aving to pay for prescriptions, while charges are set o rise again in England.
escription charges were abolished in have qualified for free prescriptions,
The survey of 1,737 Scots was funded by the former Tory treasurer Lord Ashcroft, and found that concerns remain over the policy, which was introduced by the SNP in 2011 and is estimated to cost £57 million a year.
Critics have said that the money would be better spent on nurses or medicines
“Prescribers are continuing to prescribe as clinically and cost effectively as possible, ensuring that the benefits of free prescriptions are felt by people who truly need them, particularly those with long term conditions.”
SPRING IS IN THE AIR – HAYFEVER AND ALLERGY SEASON STARTS AGAIN
SCOTTISH PHARMACIST AWARDS – WINNERS
REVEALED INSIDE EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE
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