An association of pharmacists has warned wasted medication could be costing the NHS nearly £500m a year which could be 'invested in better services for patients'
Medicine currently being wasted could fill 75 swimming pools a year
An association of pharmacists has warned wasted medication could be costing the NHS nearly £500m a year which could be 'invested in better services for patients'
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Elizabeta Ranxburgaj
10:04, 08 Aug 2026
Wasted medicines cost NHS £480m a year & could fill 75 swimming pools
Wasted medicine in England could fill 75 swimming pools a year, pharmacy group says
‘75 swimming pools’ worth of wasted medicine thrown away in England every year
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