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Fast fact #48

#48: It is estimated that around £300 million per year is wasted on prescription medicines that go unused in England.

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Bibliography

Source: York Health Economics Consortium and the School of Pharmacy (University of London). 2010. Evaluation of the Scale, Causes and Costs of Wasted Medicines.
http://php.york.ac.uk/inst/yhec/web/news/documents/Evaluation_of_NHS_Medicines_Waste_Nov_2010.pdf
Originally published in The Big Picture Little Book of Fast Facts
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