Some prescriptions medicines are free unnecessarily in my opinion. Some people don’t know the cost to buy otc for things like pain killers. Own brand aspirin starts at 16p but some don’t know that and are happy to take an £8.60 prescription. Further crippling the NHS. I remember realising this when I had a prescription for anti biotics and four other meds from the dentist. Corsodyl mouth wash was £5.60 (back then when prescriptions were cheaper) it was approximately £3.90 and I saw it in the 99p store for - 99p (60ml smaller but would not have mattered as it was a 2 week Course). I’m lucky enough to travel a lot, and find otc medication cheaper and better suited to me. Food for thought.
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Indeed! And it will be a fight to get it back even with the minor meds being taken off. I just found out the footballer Ronaldo has thyroid issues. We need one prominent celeb to bring it to the forefront.
I agree with Londimium. I think it's ok if you are working and have a good enough income, but if you are poor, on benefits, a pensioner etc. having to buy over the counter is often out of your reach if you normally get free prescriptions. I am not talking about the odd packet of aspirin but vitamins can be expensive as can things like Rennies and Gaviscon.
They are dismantling the NHS piecemeal and have already sold off chunks of it (quietly) to their friends for massive profits. The NHS will be left in the end to pick up the unprofitable side of the business ie those with chronic conditions and the elderly.
I understand about people on benefits. I just mean if drugs are cheap eg 16p for aspirin or 35p for paracetamol vs £8.60 on prescription. I think it helps greatly if people bought their own. Liothyronine has been over the £5/£10 for years and obviously £330 + now. But for the cheaper pills and potions I feel should be self bought. It lessens the burden of 100,000 people bought cheaper medicine. I for one didn’t realise the price comparison a while back. I buy my all my medicines out of my pocket event with the prescriptions Passport. Even thyroid meds (intolerance to U.K. brands) as I said - even anti biotics where I can and it sometimes it goes to waste.
Vitamins is another story! One that needs to be recognised. As benefit claimant often cannot afford good quality food and may not have a garden/ allotment to grow what they need. So I agree with you there.
I think the issue is that the majority of people using the NHS at any oneare time disabled, chronically ill, elderly, or otherwise on a low income. These are the people who are in hospital most weeks, and have lengthy prescriptions to fill every month.
I think this can be harder to understand for people who are working, on a good income, and relatively well. For these people most of their friends and people they meet regularly will be in the same boat.
For these people the NHS is less of a big deal anyway.
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