Waste: UK pounds coins being washed down the drain.
Antidepressant prescribing and the impact on taxpayers
In a recent post the quantities of antidepressants prescribed in England since 2008 were scrutinised.1 It was noted that there has been an unrelenting upward prescribing trend for the past 14 years (at least). While the trend has health repercussions for the patient, what does it all mean for the UK taxpayer? Consider…