Patients should contribute towards their care

摘要

It really winds me up every time I read a headline about the struggling NHS budget,or the cost to the NHS of medicines wastage,or implementing a minor ailment scheme so GP surgeries are not booked solid with tickly coughs (PJ,2 February,pi 11) .We already offer an efficient and professional minor ailments scheme,and it is self-funding.A patient enters a pharmacy with a minor ailment,is assessed by the pharmacist or other trained staff,and given advice about his or her condition.Sometimes a product might even be recommended which the patient can purchase over the counter.