NHS Cheshire和Merseyside通过病人运动减少浪费,节省了5百万英镑和641K的处方。 NHS Cheshire and Merseyside saved £5M and 641K prescriptions by reducing waste through a patient campaign.

2024年11月至2025年3月期间,国家保健服务系统Cheshire公司和Merseyside公司节省了641,000个处方物品,相当于5辆双层公共汽车,避免了500万英镑的费用。 NHS Cheshire and Merseyside saved 641,000 prescription items—equivalent to five double-decker buses—between November 2024 and March 2025, avoiding £5 million in costs. 之所以取得这一成就,是因为开展了一场运动,敦促病人只从减少浪费和储存的重复处方中订购他们需要的药品。 The achievement stems from a campaign urging patients to order only what they need from repeat prescriptions to reduce waste and stockpiling. 这项努力支持国家目标,即减少每年3亿英镑的未用药品损失。 The effort supports national goals to cut the £300 million annual loss from unused medicines. 11月在#MedSafetyWeek(MedSafetyWeek)前重新启动这项运动, 卫生领袖强调, 减少废弃物能确保药品供应, 改善家庭安全, The campaign is being relaunched in November ahead of #MedSafetyWeek, with health leaders emphasizing that reducing waste ensures medicine availability, improves home safety, and promotes efficient use of NHS resources.