Just another thought on the post below:
From Sky News today
People suffering from Alzheimer's disease will stage a protest this week over plans to cut back on crucial medication.
They are planning to march on Parliament to demand that the NHS scrap proposals to drop drugs it says are too expensive.
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has published draft guidance saying that four drugs, known as cholinesterase inhibitors, are not cost-effective.
No, no, no, not cost-effective does not mean too expensive and it's lazy and dishonest reporting to make that mistake.
The drugs are not too expensive, the NHS happily prescribes drugs that are 20 times as expensive. They don't work well enough for the cost to be worth it.
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