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Remove over counter Paracetemol tablets from Prescriptions due to cost to NHS

Submitted on Thursday 30th March 2017

Rejected on Wednesday 5th April 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Remove over counter Paracetemol tablets from Prescriptions due to cost to NHS

Petition Details

from a basic understanding it is costing the NHS around £10 per prescription for paracetemol tablets readily available over the counter at a price starting at 16 pence going up depending on brand.

Additional Information

there is a substantial saving to the NHS for this and with the state of the service to save this national benefit it needs help


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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