Prescriptions to display drug cost
Packets of prescription medication will display how much their contents have cost taxpayers, under government plans.
The figure and the words “funded by the UK taxpayer” will be added to all packs costing more than £20 in England.
It is part of efforts to reduce the £300m bill for “wasted” medication, which is prescribed but not used.
The health secretary said there was no such thing as a free health service and this would reduce waste by reminding people of the cost of medicine.
