Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
This invention was a revolution in medicine that gave doctors and nurses the ability to save lives in a way never seen before. Penicillin gave us 10 more years of life expectancy than had ever been known.
Similar medicines invented by Pfizer and the wider industry have saved hundreds of millions of lives over the years. They?ve given people back the freedom to live their lives free from pain, discomfort or disability.
But more than that, they?ve saved the NHS a fortune. They speed up care, free up bed space and allow people to get back to work. I?m immensely proud of that legacy.
But now the amount we spend on medicines in the NHS is under threat like never before. Ministers are under immense pressure to find ?20bn of savings.
The population is ageing rapidly, which means more of us will need more innovative and complex cures and treatments.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...to-the-NHS-dont-cut-spending-on-medicine.html
Similar medicines invented by Pfizer and the wider industry have saved hundreds of millions of lives over the years. They?ve given people back the freedom to live their lives free from pain, discomfort or disability.
But more than that, they?ve saved the NHS a fortune. They speed up care, free up bed space and allow people to get back to work. I?m immensely proud of that legacy.
But now the amount we spend on medicines in the NHS is under threat like never before. Ministers are under immense pressure to find ?20bn of savings.
The population is ageing rapidly, which means more of us will need more innovative and complex cures and treatments.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...to-the-NHS-dont-cut-spending-on-medicine.html