article_snippet.sent: NHS NHS handed out 404,500 prescriptions for suncream at a cost of £13million in 2014 and 4.7million prescriptions for indigestion pills costing£29million, damning analysis has found (file image)
article_snippet.sent: NHS NHS is spending millions on prescriptions for suncream and toothpaste, a damning analysis has found.
article_snippet.sent: In 2014, NHS NHS handed out 404,500 prescriptions for suncream at a cost of £13million.
article_snippet.sent: Another 4.7million prescriptions for indigestion pills cost £29million, while 1.4million were written out for multi-vitamins, at £4.2million.
article_snippet.sent: The Mail analysed figures from the HSCIC’s prescription cost analysis, an audit of all drugs handed out on the NHS by GPs, nurses and pharmacists.
article_snippet.sent: In England, most patients are charged a fee of £8.20 for each prescription.
article_snippet.sent: The figures revealed that 1.1billion prescriptions were written in 2014 – more than 2,000 a minute and a rise of 3 per cent compared to the previous year.
highlights_snippet.sent: NHS gave out 404,500 prescriptions for suncream at a cost of £13m in 2014 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Also handed out 4.7million prescriptions for indigestion pills costing £29m .
  