Rejected petition To stop paracetamol being prescribed by the NHS in England & Wales.

Doctors in England & Wales to stop prescribing paracetamol on prescription. When I lost my son Oliver James to a life threatening condition in Aug 2016; I went to the doctors at this time I noticed that the NHS in my area spent too much money in one year on prescriptions.

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There is information available about the NHS prescribing paracetamol. It costs the NHS too much money when it could go on other treatments. In Teesside alone £1.4 million was spent on the medication. Paracetamol is easily accessible in shops.
Examples on what the money could go on are as follows:
-1444 Cataract operations
- 198 Hip replacements
- 93 Medication treatment for breast cancer patients
And more
Please sign this petition to help the money to go were needed.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/207565

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Date submitted 14 January 2018
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