Savings on medicines, one million is still not enough: over 53,000 prescriptions cut in one year

The savings were obtained by affecting only the local pharmaceutical sector (the so-called "red recipes") and not the hospital sector. «We can still improve on this front – confirms the manager Porfido -. We intervened above all thanks to discussions with general practitioners, discussing costs with them: prescribing correctness is encouraged by the use of generic drugs, with equal efficacy, and with ever greater attention to the use of certain drugs, especially antibiotics, depending on the pathology to be treated».

(Full article on Il Secolo XIX Savona of 23/05/2017, by Mario De Fazio)

Ed.: How the Health Service can save money with generic drugs is a mystery of faith! It should be universally known that the Health Service pays a reference price for prescribed drugs, regardless of whether they are branded or generic. Any difference is the responsibility of the buyer/citizen and not of the NHS.