Scotland plans to axe prescription charges
Extract from Telegraph article:
"The public services ''apartheid" between England and Scotland has widened again as Scottish ministers pledged to abolish all prescription charges north of the border.
While millions of patients in England will still be expected to pay for vital medication, prescriptions in Scotland will be available The move was cited as the starkest example yet of the "unfairness" of Scottish residents already have access to free eye care and dental As a result of plans announced earlier this summer, Scottish students Unfortunately, most prescription drugs are far from 'vital', as the article mistakenly implies. - Overwhelmingly, prescribed drugs do far, far more harm than good. - See I've been warning for years about prescribed drugs Scotland already has the highest obesity in Europe, and free prescription drugs are likely to increase obesity still further, since so many of the drugs cause/worsen obesity because of sodium retention and water retention. See my website http://www.wildeaboutsteroids.co.uk/.html (The site does not sell anything and has no banners or sponsors or adverts - just helpful information.) vulnerable groups How to Lose weight! Children and Obesity Read my Mensa article on Obesity and the Salt Connection See Sodium in foods and My help is free. |