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Doctor: Patients "don't know value" of prescription meds
Dr Brian Hope, who is a GP in Cheshire and Mike Smith, Chair of the Patients Association, discuss wasted unused prescription medication, which a government report says is costing the NHS £300m a year.
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Medicine prescription waste—5 Live Breakfast, 22/07/2013
£300m of prescription drugs are thrown away each year. Hear from doctors and campaigners.
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