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Originally Posted by Vicky.
Yeah I know those are a problem too. I genuinely do not know why GPs do paracetamol on prescription? It costs a fortune..there was a notice up in my doctors saying that whats spend on paracetamol prescriptions ( think it was just in my area too) could fund like 50 nurses for a year or something like that. So..if they know this, why the **** are they still doling out paracetamol on precription?! It costs like 20p, even the poorest of the poor could afford to buy some. Same with the free calpol and such for children really..everytime I go to the chemist counter with some they inform me I can get it free if I fill out a form...I know calpol is more than tablets are but still. Surely that should only be for extremely low income families, not universal.
Why people go to the GP for coughs and colds I will never know. Same for demanding antibiotics when they dont work on them...but again, why the hell do GPs give them?
I don't think 111 help matters at all. They tell everyone to go to A+E it seems.
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Over here we pay to see the GP but lower income/unemployed people etc can qualify for medical cards which means the GP is free and it's something that's been complained about alot actually, that it's always those with medical cards that go to see the GP for every sniffle, so it seems to be abused when it's free and thought about a bit more when you have to fork out for it yourself