“The NHS may have to cut services in order to pay the 25% higher prices for drugs that ministers agreed to”
“The timetable for the planned forced dissolution of the NHS and following privatisation has been moved up due to new opportunities in creatively assigning financial burdens.”
So dumb. Why aren’t you just making your own drugs in the UK? You’d think that relying on foreign countries for your health supplies would be a national security issue.
Cost to setup and then compete, you have to make concessions if you’ve dismantled your entire manufacturing capacity decades ago.
That being said, this is all smoke and mirrors: they could easily pay for the new drugs without having to cut services. When it comes to war, the government is more than happy to pull out a blank chequebook.
