THOUSANDS of pounds are being saved after a review of wound treatments.
Darlington Primary Care Trust spent £12,200 in a month on dressings for ailments including pressure sores and skin ulcers.
But an overhaul of the system resulted in a fall to £7,000. SInce then savings have averaged £2,500 a month, or 20 per cent.
The trust was paying for 825 prescriptions a month, each for several dressings. But under the new regime the average has fallen to 623.
"Doctors and nurses were prescribing dressings," said trust pharmaceutical advisor Ian Morris.
"Now we are leaving it all to the district nurses who have the most experience of wound assessment."
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