HSE to tackle high cost of drugs
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has introduced a lower threshold against which drugs approved for use in the community drug schemes are now being assessed.
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has introduced a lower threshold against which drugs approved for use in the community drug schemes are now being assessed.
The community drug schemes account for 85 per cent of the state’s expenditure on drugs, and the cost of running the schemes - which include the General Medical Service (GMS) scheme, the drugs payment scheme and the long-term illness scheme - has soared in recent years.
Dr Michael Barry,...
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