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Comment	https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-63659754 Interesting on NHS charges potentially. I think it's a febrile topic. I've a colleague who says that okay it should always be free, but there are things it does for people that means the NHS gets disproportionately bent over. So X people get ibuprofen on prescription which costs the NHS an arm and a leg, but for you or I to get it from a shop is 20p for a pack. I've a very senior NHS colleague who was telling me it's just grim, going to research conferences where for example US clinicans can ask 'which of these gives the best result, all other considerations be damned' whereas the NHS is 99% about efficiency and bang for buck. Sad.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-63659754

Interesting on NHS charges potentially. I think it's a febrile topic.

I've a colleague who says that okay it should always be free, but there are things it does for people that means the NHS gets disproportionately bent over.

So X people get ibuprofen on prescription which costs the NHS an arm and a leg, but for you or I to get it from a shop is 20p for a pack.

I've a very senior NHS colleague who was telling me it's just grim, going to research conferences where for example US clinicans can ask 'which of these gives the best result, all other considerations be damned' whereas the NHS is 99% about efficiency and bang for buck. Sad.