Using prescription charges to produce the most cost-effective prescribing

摘要

There can no longer be any doubt that the British Government's finances are deteriorating -- and deteriorating extremely quickly. The spectre of going cap-in-hand to the International Monetary Fund for a bail out may loom once again. The Times (19 September 2009) reported that the national debt is increasing by ￡360,000 every minute, or ￡21m an hour because of a reduced tax take in the wake of the depression. Tax receipts in August fell by 9 per cent compared with August 2008 while public spending rose by 3 per cent. There are going to have to be economies.