NHS spent £4M on stop-smoking drugs in N-East alone last year!

NHS spent £4M on stop-smoking drugs in N-East alone last year!An article today published in the Gazette Live – Absolutely incredible waste of NHS money on pretty useless drugs:

“Some 25,621 Champix prescriptions were written for the treatment in Durham, Darlington and Tees in 2013/14 – one for every 45 people. That is the highest rate in the country.

Cumbria, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear is second, with 40,094 prescriptions of Champix – or one for every 48 people. The national average is one for every 77 people.

NHS figures say the average net cost of a single prescription of Champix – not including discounts, fees or dispensing costs – was £34 in 2013/14″

http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/

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