Publish date: 13 November 2024
Pharmacists and GPs across Cheshire and Merseyside are urging people to only order the medication they need from their repeat prescriptions.
A report by the Department of Health estimates that unused medicines cost the NHS around £300 million every year and a large amount of medicine items are wasted unnecessarily in Cheshire and Merseyside each year. We need your help to reduce this.
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside along with NHS England - North West, NHS Greater Manchester and NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria have launched a new campaign asking people to check their order to help reduce waste and save on cost
