Should the NHS be paying £87 million on paracetamol?

It’s a staggering figure isn’t it? But it’s true the NHS pays £87 million pounds a year on paracetamol. Today’s headlines are full of the scandal of the price per prescription being £3.83 compared to just 25pence a box for paracetamol bought from a supermarket. To be fair we are not really comparing like with like here as a box …