{"id":947213,"date":"2026-05-09T00:44:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T00:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/947213\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T00:44:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T00:44:21","slug":"nhs-west-and-north-london-group-urges-caution-on-medication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/947213\/","title":{"rendered":"NHS West and North London group urges caution on medication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board (ICB) has teamed up with the others across the capital on a new campaign.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Unused medicines are estimated to cost the NHS around \u00a3300 million each year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A large amount of waste comes from repeat prescriptions, often when patients continue to order medicines they no longer need or already have enough of at home.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Patients are encouraged to check what they have at home first, as only ordering what you need:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>helps keep you safe, as medicines can go out of date\n  <\/li>\n<li>helps prevent shortages, so medicines are available for everyone\n  <\/li>\n<li>reduces waste and protects the environment\n  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n  Unused medicines can be returned to pharmacies for safe disposal.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  GP practices, pharmacies and community groups will be sharing tips and support throughout the campaign.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Further information is available from local pharmacies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board (ICB) has teamed up with the others across the capital&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":947214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4315],"tags":[105,4326,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-947213","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-medication","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116541854025129513","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=947213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/947214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=947213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=947213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}