14/10/2025
๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐จ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐.
Today our pharmacy received a large return of medication, all from one patient.
Medication waste costs the NHS an estimated ยฃ300 million every year, money that could fund nurses, treatments, and vital services.
Each unused box also means:
๐ฐ Resources lost that could support other care
โ ๏ธ Risks to patient safety from hoarding or confusion
๐ฆ Extra strain on pharmacy teams and supply chains
๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ค๐ก๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ?
๐ฅ Patients: order only what you need, and speak up if treatment changes.
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๐๐๐๐ช๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ, ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ซ๐๐จ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐ช๐๐ง๐๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ.
โผ๏ธ If your prescription is sent to the pharmacy automatically, by a process known as โRepeat Dispensingโ: please return to us any medicines you will not need until your next supply, before you leave. Pharmacies can reuse any unwanted medicine(s) for another patient, saving vital NHS money ๐ฐโ
. Shared from another pharmacy.