Northamptonshire PCT: bunch of morons

Northamptonshire PCT has 'asked' its GPs not to prescribe certain medicines to reduce costs.

The list includes Nicotine Replacement Therapy to help people stop smoking.

Great idea. Let's save 10p from our drug budget, so that in 10 years time all those people that we didn't help to stop smoking will have serious illnesses. Those that don't die quickly will cost Northamptonshire PCT around £50 trillion to treat.

So that's:

1. More dead patients.
2. Lots of money lost.

But, hey, who cares about costs in 10 years time - by then Northamptonshire PCT will probably have changed its name/letterhead/stationary/chief executive four times anyway. At far more cost than a few nicotine patches.

Stupid fucks.