Abstract
In our series on the history of prescribing policy, Dr Darrin Baines traces how successive governments have attempted to curb drug costs. Here, he explains how pharmacists became dispensers and how the Joint Pricing Committee was replaced by the PPA.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 33–34 |
| Journal | Prescriber |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Bibliographical note
The full text is available free from the link given.Keywords
- pharmacists
- NHS
- Prescription Pricing Authority (PPA)
- drug costs
- government policy
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Baines, D. (2014). Pharmacists as dispensers and formation of the PPA. Prescriber, 25(1-2), 33–34. https://doi.org/10.1002/psb.1152