New analysis reveals GPs prescribing practices for quitting services and treatment

A report published by the British Lung Foundation highlights a 75% decline in stop smoking aids being prescribed by GPs and pharmacists across the country. The new analysis suggests that smokers are being discriminated against. Clinical Commissioning Groups are prioritising saving money over saving lives and flouting the basic principles of the NHS, to care for people, warns the British Lung Foundation. ‘Less Help to Quit: What’s happening to stop smoking prescriptions across Britain’ outlines the tactics being used by CCGs, to discourage GPs from providing their patients with clinically…

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