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Health chiefs urge prescription discipline

Fir-toshee slaynt greinnaghey smaght oardrail

Troddan noa ry-hoi leodaghey dashyn-sthock dy vedshin jummit syn Ellan, cha lhiettee eh sleih veih geddyn stoo-lheihys oarderit - shen ny ta fir-toshee slaynt gra.

T'eh smooinit dy vel stoo-heihys ta feeu mysh tree cheead thousane punt gagh blein, ny lhie ayns thieyn, gyn fosley as veg ymmyd jeant jeh.

Ta'n rheynn slaynt greinnaghey sleih dy oardrail stoo-lheihys as feme oc er son daa vee er y chooid smoo - dy leodaghey ny mooadyn mooarey dy vedshinyn ta currit er-ash gys potecareeyssyn, dy gheddyn rey rish.

T'eh goll er gra rish surransee, dyn cowraghey medshinyn er ferrymyn aa-oardrail, mannagh vel feme firrinagh oc orroo - ar aggle dy jed ad ass daayt.

Coyrleyder-potacaraght yn reiltys, Maria Bell, t'ee gra dy re troddan keeallagh t'ayn, cha nee troddan-lhiettee.


Health chiefs urge prescription discipline

Health chiefs say a new campaign to reduce stockpiles of wasted medicine in the Island won't prevent people getting prescriptions.

It's thought dispensed medications worth about £300,000 per year are languishing in homes, unopened and unused.

The health department's urging people to order only what they need for two months maximum - to cut down the large quantities of medicines returned to pharmacies for disposal.

Patients are being told not to tick off items on a repeat prescription form, unless they actually need them - in case some go out of date.

The government's pharmaceutical advisor, Maria Bell, says it's a common sense campaign, not about restricting any meds.

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