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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
Martyh,You cannot play around with peoples life's, if a patient needs a drug to prolong their lives then so be it. We read stories in the media where NHS Trust spend a fortune on wasteful things, yet when it comes down to important medicines they say they cannot afford it.
When l spent a week in hospital, the staff were absolutely brilliant, and they put me on drugs that l needed, yet l went to my GP for after care medication and they gave me the cheapest drugs possible, and even the chemist said said it due to cutbacks.I have paid into the treasury for the past 40 years and l expect to be looked after in my old age. I don't expect the gold treatment, but if this government spend billions of pounds in overseas aid, then we should be look after as well.
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By the cheapest possible do you mean they prescribe the generic rather than brand name for example
salbutamol instead of ventolin?