NHS wastage

Paracetamol costs 29p in ASDA

The NHS in England has spent almost £400m prescribing paracetamol in the past five years at a cost of £3.23 per item, despite the pills being sold over the counter at a fraction of the cost.
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https://www.scotsman.com/health/revealed-the-cost-of-free-paracetamol-to-nhs-scotland-287448

I know my wife who is a Band 8 manager said recently the NHS cost of buying items via their supply chains is bonkers compared to say Amazon.

Pregnant women use "birthing balls" - Cost of Amazon is around £20-£30 for these items.

NHS supply chain and suppliers she has to order through is around £220 for the same item. Nuts
 
Jean-F said:
Well as the OP, I can assure you that I don’t fall into the category of someone trying to undermine and privatise the NHS with my non existent private capital, I was just more than a tad surprised at the flippant dismissal of my admittedly none too strong protestations against an obvious profligate waste of NHS resources.
Boxes of eye drops left over when you’ve finished the course? Toss ‘em in the trash.
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As opposed to the administrative and safety costs of either not giving you enough and having you come back to waste more people’s time, or run out and suffer harm? Or second hand medicine going back into the system?
 
Resident said:
I can't seem to find the original article. IIRC it was a PDF rather than an article now that I think about it. But there are a plethora of sources regarding NHS waste

NHS waste hits £7.6BILLION-a-year with overpriced loo rolls, crutches and wheelchairs never returned

Five examples of NHS Waste

The billions of wasted NHS cash no-one wants to mention
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With crutches and other mobility aids, its a lost cause as if you try to return them, the hospitals don't want them. My parents have two pairs of crutches, a perching stool, two toilet surrounds and a commode when my mother broke her hip 7 years ago and couldn't go up the stairs. One toilet surround is now with my grandmother. A pair of crutches I have in my loft as when I badly sprained my ankle, I needed them to prevent bearing weight onto the ankle.

Plus some charity shops have these mobility aids in for a few quid. As when their relatives die and home is cleared, these mobility aids are found. I know several friends that had to clear homes of late gran etc and tried to return this stuff and staff not interested.
 
booyaka said:
Paracetamol costs 29p in ASDA



https://www.scotsman.com/health/revealed-the-cost-of-free-paracetamol-to-nhs-scotland-287448

I know my wife who is a Band 8 manager said recently the NHS cost of buying items via their supply chains is bonkers compared to say Amazon.

Pregnant women use "birthing balls" - Cost of Amazon is around £20-£30 for these items.

NHS supply chain and suppliers she has to order through is around £220 for the same item. Nuts
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If I was cynical, I'd say someone got backhander for setting up all these deals.
 
LabR@t said:
boob jobs, gender alignment, tattoo removal are all a waste of resource.

Go private for that rubbish, NHS should be for life-critical care only.
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I don't think the NHS does many boob jobs for purely cosmetic reasons.

IIRC most of the ones they do are things like reconstructive after cancer surgery, and most of the rest are deemed "quality of life" and as likely as not going to be things like breast reduction as apparently big boob can and do cause issues with things like back pain.
 
Werewolf said:
I don't think the NHS does many boob jobs for purely cosmetic reasons.

IIRC most of the ones they do are things like reconstructive after cancer surgery, and most of the rest are deemed "quality of life" and as likely as not going to be things like breast reduction as apparently big boob can and do cause issues with things like back pain.
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That's fair enough as they can weigh quite a bit, I suspect some costs are magnified due to the shear size if the NHS. I've not checked but I'd hazard a guess that it employs the most people in the country so some (not all) costs are going to scale with that.
 
Werewolf said:
I don't think the NHS does many boob jobs for purely cosmetic reasons.

IIRC most of the ones they do are things like reconstructive after cancer surgery, and most of the rest are deemed "quality of life" and as likely as not going to be things like breast reduction as apparently big boob can and do cause issues with things like back pain.
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Correct. They don't do tattoo removal either.

Gender reassignment is a different topic altogether. Labrat lumping that in with boob jobs/tattoo removal is either disingenuous or shows a total lack of knowledge.
 
Werewolf said:
I don't think the NHS does many boob jobs for purely cosmetic reasons.

IIRC most of the ones they do are things like reconstructive after cancer surgery, and most of the rest are deemed "quality of life" and as likely as not going to be things like breast reduction as apparently big boob can and do cause issues with things like back pain.
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Yes my friend had boob reduction surgery on the NHS as her boobs were 36H and gave her awful back pain and struggled to walk without getting out of breath. Were reduced to 36C.
 
You could say that with IVF. Some people think it’s a waste of resources and money. Not having children isn’t life threatening. I’m childless as sacrifice my health more than the average mother.
 
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