Thursday, September 15, 2016

NHS funding cuts ‘forcing people to buy medicine through Facebook’

NHS funding cuts ‘forcing people to buy medicine through Facebook’
Desperate people denied treatment due to NHS funding cuts are risking their health by buying and self-administering medication from overseas countries despite serious concerns the tablets may be harmful. Doctors have warned patients could be risking their lives by using the so-called “buyers clubs” which have emerged in groups on social media sites such as Facebook.

Buyers, sellers and pharmacists say the medication is being dispensed in this way to an increasing number of British patients for conditions including hepatitis C, HIV and some forms of cancer. Critics say the practice is “a national embarrassment” which encapsulates how the NHS’ funding crisis has spiralled out of control and is pushing desperate people to potentially risk their health to access essential treatment they have been denied due to financial limits.


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